Police officer 'threatened with machete' in Wakefield

Detectives are looking for a group who drove off in a transit van and a black car

Thornhill Street
Author: Liam ArrowsmithPublished 23rd Aug 2024

Police are searching for a group of men after an officer was threatened with a machete in Wakefield.

It followed reports of a man with a knife on South Parade, close to where drug teams had just discovered a "significant" cannabis farm.

A group of men in balaclavas were seen in nearby Thornhill Street, armed with baseball bats and large knives.

After threatening an officer, they drove off in a white Ford Transit van and a black car.

The van was later found and has been recovered for investigation.

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