Police called out to "man with knife" on Lincoln High Street

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Friday, March 15, 2013
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Emergency services in Lincoln were scrambled to reports of a man weilding a knife in Lincoln City Centre - only to discover he had just bought it from a shop.

A number of police vehicles and ambulances headed off down the High Street after they received the report of the man with the weapon.

  1. Police called out to "man with knife"

A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said:"Officers attended and they did find someone with a knife, but it turned out it was perfectly lawful - and perfectly packaged - because he had just bought it from a shop.

"I think he was probably a bit surprised by the response!"

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