Newport man arrested after brandishing sword in Beechwood Park, Newport

2:00pm Thursday 6th September 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Alison Sanders

Police helicopter hunts swordsman in Newport park Police helicopter hunts swordsman in Newport park

UPDATE: 2.07pm

A 21-YEAR-OLD Newport man has been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an offensive weapon after he was found with a sword in a Newport park last night.

Gwent Police said they received a report of a man with a sword in Beechwood Park at 12.25am.

He is currently in police custody.

Police said a wooden sword was found nearby and that nobody was harmed.

 

8.25am

POLICE hunted down a man suspected of carrying a sword in Newport's Beechwood Park at 1.30am today.


The search was carried out by the police helicopter who described on Twitter how aircraft officers searched for "a suspicious male dressed in black with a sword."


@PontcannaLife wrote on Twitter: "There's only a b***** Ninja loose in Newport."

Do you know anything about the suspected swordsman?  Call the Newsdesk on 01633 777226.

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Comments(20)

NakedDancer says...
12:37pm Thu 6 Sep 12

What the point of including a silly twitter post ? very amateur reporting

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Katie Re-Registered says...
12:42pm Thu 6 Sep 12

"The search was carried out by the police helicopter who described on Twitter how aircraft officers searched for "a suspicious male dressed in black with a sword."

"Do you know anything about the suspected swordsman?"

Is it Zorro?

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Katie Re-Registered says...
1:30pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Ps. I'm really impressed how much technology has moved on when the police force have a helicopter that can compose and type messages on twitter.

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ncfcr says...
2:51pm Thu 6 Sep 12

A wooden sword? So, a stick then?

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Dave_Ck says...
7:31pm Thu 6 Sep 12

The man was dressed as a ninja, and was on his way home from a fancy dress party!

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smokintheweed says...
2:18am Fri 7 Sep 12

It's a serious problem these days. Some nutter comes up to you with a toy sword and before you know it Beechwood Park has become the set for a remake of Apocalypse Now. Having said that, perhaps an overreaction by the police to get their toys out but better than ignore the possibility of a man armed with a very dangerous weapon.

I've gotta go anyway, Got my chainsaw back from the shop and I need to hang around the canal with my hockey mask .

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denlexx says...
1:05pm Fri 7 Sep 12

something strange is going on in newport man swims in river and now a man in a park with a stick what is it coming to.

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ncfcr says...
2:46pm Fri 7 Sep 12

Is this even news? A man was found with a wooden training sword - woopy doo.

To give you an idea about what we're talking about here - http://www.chinese-s
words-guide.com/imag
es/Wooden-jian-compa
re.jpg

They'll be arresting dog walkers for throwing wooden knives next.

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king arthur 1 says...
6:27pm Fri 7 Sep 12

was he sunbathing ? whats next ????

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king arthur 1 says...
6:27pm Fri 7 Sep 12

was he sunbathing ? whats next ????

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king arthur 1 says...
6:28pm Fri 7 Sep 12

was he sunbathing ? whats next ????

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king arthur 1 says...
6:28pm Fri 7 Sep 12

was he sunbathing ? whats next ????

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king arthur 1 says...
6:33pm Fri 7 Sep 12

he might be one of my knights from my round table, as i have one missing...?

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regescu72 says...
10:21pm Fri 7 Sep 12

I think it is about time the police started arresting women who take their children to school in their ‘nightwear’ for indecent exposure. My child goes to a primary school in Newport and each morning there seems to be an ever increasing amount of young women with an awful lot on display.
Only this morning a young woman was oblivious to the fact that she was wearing a large tear in the crotch area of her bottoms. When I kindly pointed out that her modesty needed covering she screamed out that I should not have been looking. My response to this was that as Headmaster of the school I was perfectly within my rights to view the parents with my binoculars from the comfort of my own office.
Gwent police I hope you are watching these young ‘Vicky Pollards’ because I certainly will be!!

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Radio Wales says...
4:22pm Sat 8 Sep 12

A wooden stick sounds so much more exciting when described as a sword.

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County says...
4:04pm Mon 10 Sep 12

A man on his own; obviously a paedophile.

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biker1 says...
7:12pm Mon 10 Sep 12

The Ringland Ninja, caught!!!!!!

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biker1 says...
7:13pm Mon 10 Sep 12

Twitter "Ringland Ninja" Hilarious.

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Radio Wales says...
7:37pm Mon 10 Sep 12

County wrote:
A man on his own; obviously a paedophile.
Not necessarily, he could be a rapist.

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Dolieboy says...
3:34pm Wed 12 Sep 12

Robin of Loxley ?

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