Police recover kitchen knives and machete after chasing suspects wearing balaclavas in Carlton

Police have seized kitchen knives and a machete after being called to reports of a group wielding weapons on Saturday (March 20) in Carlton.

Officers from Operation Reacher managed to spot the group walking up Station Road in the the town.

Once they arrived on the scene, two suspects ran off in different directions and a foot chase occurred.

Cars were backed up on Station Road as officers detained the suspects in the centre of the busy road.

Large foot-long kitchen knives were found on the suspects, both wearing balaclavas, and a machete was found discarded in a nearby garden.

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: ” A small foot chase with two suspects with balaclavas that didn’t want to be caught occurred.

“Officers would like to take this opportunity to apologise to those members of the public caught up in the traffic jam caused by both suspects being detained in the centre of the road.”