Two families from north Wales who were ordered out of their house at gunpoint by the police, are demanding an apology.

The families from Colwyn Bay also claim that a knife later found by one of their young children, must have been dropped by an officer while he searched their home.

North Wales Police say they will fully investigate any complaint.

The raid, the force says, was one of a number made in Colwyn Bay on Thursday afternoon.

But the couples who share the flat say they, and their children, were wrongly targeted.

"The girls were led out of the house at gun point and led to a moraia van at the bottom of the road and searched - even the children were searched at gunpoint," said Terry Rodgers.

His partner Amanda Marsland added: "That night the children didn't want to go to bed and they were too scared to come out of the room this morning because they thought the police were hiding in the loft."

North Wales Police say their officers were responding to reports that three people had been seen carrying firearms.

They say the raid was part of a spontaneous operation.

But another of the parents in the flats - Julie Crosbie - claimed her young son found a knife which, she says, must have been dropped by one of the officers.

"My son had the knife in his hand and it's so easy to open that if I'd gone up any later, God knows what would have happened," she said.

North Wales Police say they are checking to see could have come from one of their officers, although they say the find has not been reported to them.

The families are calling for an apology for the way they have been treated.