Armed police called to Thorpe Hesley car boot over firearms mix-up
BARGAIN-hunters visiting a car boot sale in Thorpe Hesley on Sunday morning had an unexpected visit from armed police.
But there was no need to panic - a customer had simply mistaken a stallholder's air weapons for the real thing.
Officers were called to the car boot sale, on Smithy Wood Road, just before 10.15am following a report of a sale of firearms, a police spokeswoman said.
Police spoke to the stallholder and "determined that air weapons were for sale", she added.