The police helicopter has joined the search following reports of a man ‘carrying a knife’ in Coventry

Police and NPAS were deployed to Coventry earlier this week following reports of a man “carrying a knife”. Officers were called to Freehold Street in Hillfields.

Officers rushed to Freehold Street at around 12.15pm on Wednesday (July 24). Crews from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) have also been drafted in to help with the search in Hillfields.

Officers searched the neighborhood but found no sign that anyone was armed, West Midlands Police said. After a search that lasted around 30 minutes, NPAS were also revoked, it is understood.

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A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “We received a report of a man carrying a knife on Freehold Street in Coventry on Wednesday (July 24) just after 12.15pm. Officers attended promptly but found no sign that anyone was armed.”

In a statement issued yesterday (July 25), NPAS said: “At 11.52am on Wednesday (July 24), NPAS Birmingham were dispatched to Coventry to assist West Midlands Police in their search for a suspect.”

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