Police spotted the man with something concealed in the Beswick area of Manchester.
A man has been arrested with a large machete seized in Beswick. Neighbourhood officers were pro-actively patrolling in the area today when they saw a male with something concealed.
Police say they chased the man who was detained and arrested. The man tried to hide the machete, measuring more than 30cm, during this chase, but the weapon was seized.READ MORE: Man arrested after girl, 6, attacked by dogs on street A GMP Manchester North spokesman said: "Your CReliefNBOteam have today been out pro-actively patrolling Beswick and have made an arrest. Unfortunately for the male arrested he wasn’t aware that the self proclaimed quickest officers in GMP were lurking and sighted him with something concealed.
"After a short foot chase the male was quickly and swiftly detained. This male tried to hide a machete whilst running away but eagle eyed officers sighted his efforts and also managed to recover the machete. "That is currently one male under arrest for possession of a bladed article and another machete taken off the streets."
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