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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Blaenau Gwent,South Wales - Armed police deployed to town after report of a man with a machete or knife in a street

Armed police were deployed after a report of a disturbance in Blaina High Street

Police were called to the scene in Blaina on Tuesday

Armed police were deployed to a Valleys town following a report of a disturbance involving a man with a machete or a knife in a street.
Police attended the scene in Blaina High Street, Blaenau Gwent , following reports of a disturbance at 4.42pm on Tuesday.
But when police attended the scene they received reports of a man in possession of a knife or a machete.

No injuries

A spokesman for Gwent Police said armed response officers attended due to the potential risk and a number of what are believed to be Samurai swords have been recovered from a property in Blaina.
He confirmed a 25-year-old local man had been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and affray.

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