British police arrest gardener carrying his tools

It is generally illegal to carry weapons in Britain, and anything that can be used as a weapon is a weapon, so long as the authorities can imagine relevant context and intent. Gardener with a sharp tool? Arrest that man.

A man who had returned home from his allotment with a trug of vegetables and gardening tools strapped to his belt was arrested by armed police, after a member of the public said they had seen 'a man wearing khaki clothing and in possession of a knife'.

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