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Jeremy Clarkson Terry Pratchett Broad City George Osborne Greece Michael Gove News >UK >Crime Comic Relief fundraiser sparks mass manhunt in Norwich for fake rifle fancy dress costume Norwich Police deployed its firearms units and a helicopter as part of the search
Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith Loveday Morris Loveday Morris is an award-winning freelance journalist currently based in Beirut and covering the unfolding crisis in Syria. She regularly contributes to the Independent
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Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email A Comic Relief charity fundraiser managed to spark a full-scale man hunt involving firearms units and a helicopter on Friday morning due to his costume, which involved wearing combat gear and carrying a fake rifle.
Armed police were called to the Whitefriars area of Norwich - near the city's law courts - at 8.30am, while a helicopter was deployed, after the man had been seen walking around the city.
Norfolk Police said it received a number of calls about the man but he did not seem to have carried out or threatened any attack. They later tracked him down and confirmed he was in fancy dress.
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Chief Inspector Chris Spinks said: �If the police receive reports of what is believed to be a weapon, openly displayed in public places we need to react promptly to the information that we are given at the time.
�Public safety will always be our priority when dealing with such incidents. Imitation weapons should not be used, or left, in public view.�
He added that this is the second similar high profile incident to have taken place in the last month, and reminded people to think carefully about the consequences of carrying imitation weapons and how their general appearance could be misconstrued to members of the public.
Firearms units were dispatched to another part of Norwich less than a month ago after police received reports of a man carrying a blood-spattered sword. A student later came forward to admit he was responsible for the reports and that he had been shooting a horror film.
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