2 men who were arrested after an incident that saw Armed Police rushed across the Solent from the mainland have been released on bail until December.
As first reported by Island Echo, Armed Response Officers were deployed to Ryde Esplanade on Saturday afternoon (30th September) after reports were received of a man carrying a machete at The King Lud pub.
St Thomas’ Street was closed to pedestrians and all traffic as officers took up position outside a residential address, where the suspect was thought to be located.
Later that day, Police confirmed that a 51-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and a 44-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of affray.
The 51-year-old and the 44-year-old have both been bailed until the end of December as enquiries continue.
Anyone walking around with an offensive weapon should be locked up, no ifs no buts no bail.
Rush across the solent, were Wightlink running Ferries.
A bridge would speed up the process.
Would be easier if the marine police gave them a lift in their 600hp twin v6 rib. Would take about 5 minutes to get from Pompey to Ryde in that
I imagine that cost a fair bit. I hope the culprits are charged for this…?