15-year-old arrested after police find him carrying this knife

Wednesday, 28 August 2019 16:17

By Lee Wild @LeeWild14

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after officers chased him after a robbery and found this knife

Writing on GMP Tameside North Facebook page, they say PC James Pollit and PC Martin Jones were called to a possible robbery in progress.

When they got to the scene they found the suspect matching the description and chased him down as he fled on a push bike.

After catching him the searched him and unearthed the knife which had been tucked down his trousers. The bike he had been riding was also reported as stolen.

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15-year-old arrested after police find him carrying this knife

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