Matt HodgkinsonJul 28, 2025

You can sleep safer knowing that the police are protecting you from allotment holders.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/28/man-allotment-gardening-tools-arrest-armed-police-manchester

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Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester

Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon

The Guardian