Police threatened with blade after halting drug deal in Wolverhampton
Undercover police were threatened with a blade after snaring a drug deal in Wolverhampton city centre.
Officers made one arrest and recovered wraps of drugs, cash, a pair of scissors and two mobile phones.
The arrests came as officers took part in Project Guardian which aims to reduce serious violence including knife crime.
Plain cloth police were walking the streets on Saturday afternoon when they saw the drug deal take place.
The officers were taking part in a joint operation, between British Transport Police, West Midlands Police and Staffordshire Police, which is aimed at tackling knife crime.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "One in custody from today’s joint operation [between Staffordshire Police, British Transport Police and Wolverhampton Police] to tackle knife crime.
"Plain clothes officers saw a drug deal in progress in Wolverhampton city centre and were then threatened with a blade.
"One male arrested after PAVA [incapacitant spray similar to pepper spray] deployed #projectguardian."
West Midlands Police received around £7m in funding from the Home Office to tackle knife crime and youth violence allowing the force to set up Project Guardian to be launched last month.
