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A man dressed as a villain from #comic series #CaptainAmerica
“A man dressed as a villain from #comic series #CaptainAmerica was mistakenly arrested in #CanaryWharf by armed police who thought he had a gun, according to reports.
Police were called to the financial district at 2.15pm on Saturday (November 7) after a passer-by reported seeing a person with a firearm.
Armed officers were scrambled to the scene and a 29-year-old man was arrested at West India Quay station shortly before 3pm on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
But the suspect was later found to have been wrongly held after officers established he was dressed as #Marvel comic character #TheWinterSoldierand was therefore carrying a fake weapon.
A spokesman for the Canary Wharf group tweeted: “Reports of man with firearm at Canary Wharf are incorrect. Man was carrying non lethal Airsoft hobby equipment.”
