Armed police officers have today (Wednesday) seized a machete, samurai sword, baseball bat, and drugs after swooping on a car in Nottingham. Officers stopped the car after an aggravated burglary in Hucknall late last night and windows being smashed at a property in Bestwood in the early hours of this morning.
Officers linked the two incidents and spotted a suspect vehicle. Traffic officers used a stinger device to puncture the vehicle’s tyres before police cars were used to box the vehicle in to bring it to a stop in Wilkinson Street, Basford, Nottingham, at around 1.00 am this morning.
Police arrested four teenagers – three in the car and one after a foot chase – for a range of offences. Two 19 year old men and an 18 year old man were arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary, possession of a knife in a public place, and criminal damage. A 15 year old boy was arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary, possession of a knife in a public place, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, and criminal damage.
Details of the aggravated burglary have not been released.
“As our coordinated response to these reported incidents has shown, Nottinghamshire Police treats weapon-related crime extremely seriously”, Detective Sergeant Nathan Bingham said. “Our priority is to keep people safe and reduce any risk as soon as possible, and this was a great example of that commitment as officers were quickly deployed and made arrests soon after.
“The consequences of carrying a knife can be devastating which is why the force continues to work hard every day to tackle the issue and target people who carry weapons on our streets as well as focusing on proactive work with partners to prevent weapon-enabled crime and violence from happening in the first place.
“We remain determined to drive down knife crime in our communities and the public’s continued support is key to helping us to achieve our goal.”
The head of operational support at Nottinghamshire Police, Superintendent Louise Clarke, said: “This is yet another example of the excellent work our armed officers do every day to tackle crime and keep people safe. Thanks to the skill and tenacity of the officers involved they worked together to stop this car, secure these arrests, and remove a cache of weapons from our streets.”
