After an hours-long standoff with an armed group near Boston, Massachusetts, police have captured nine people.

The incident began early Saturday morning when an officer checked two vehicles that had stopped near Wakefield on a highway.

The occupants were dressed in military-style clothes and were confirmed to be armed. When questioned for information, nine of them bolted into the adjacent woods.

Police eventually made talks with the gang, and they were all apprehended.

The event occurred just days before Independence Day celebrations across the country.