Armed police raid hotel after Harry Potter fan with wand mistaken for knifeman

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Armed police officers scrambled to a hotel this weekend responding to reviews of a person with a “large knife” within the constructing – solely to seek out he was a Harry Potter fan, armed solely with a wand.

The hotel in Enderby, close to Leicester, was raided by armed officers on Sunday morning. PC Nick Ward mentioned: “I attended a large hotel in Enderby this morning with a number of firearms officers, following a report of a male inside near the lifts carrying “a large knife”. Following enquiries we shortly established that it was a Harry Potter fan with a wand.

“Thankfully no harm was caused to any resident and there was no sign of ‘Voldermort’.”

Facebook customers have been fast to see the humorous facet, with Letasha Mone Noonan writing: “Are you being Sirius?!” Mark James Smith added: “EXPECTO PATROL-MAN”.

It is just not every single day officers get to attend humorous incidents, however amusing “offences” are reported every now and then. In 2023, officers have been relieved a “lifeless body” present in a farmer’s subject turned out to be a scarecrow. Police had responded to reviews from a passenger who noticed the determine from a prepare window.

PC Christopher Windsor-Beck informed the BBC on the time he was relieved the suspected corpse was a fallen scarecrow. “Obviously, we have to treat that with urgency as you never know if it is somebody who does need help,” he informed BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

The officers who attended the scene described the scarecrow as well-dressed, sporting workman’s trousers paired with a puffer jacket.

The caller was apologetic when she realised she had been mistaken, PC Windsor-Beck informed the broadcaster, however he insisted she did the appropriate factor. “You just never know if it’s a farmer out in a field who needs help, or a walker, or a missing person,” he mentioned.