POLICE recovered an alarming weapon on the streets of Deeside late last night.

A spokesman for North Wales Police’s Intercept team said: “If you find it appropriate to carry a knife in public, expect to be dealt with by our officers with Tasers.

“Thanks to concerned members of the public in Connah’s Quay, we were able to detain a male on the High street and recover this knife from him. The blade being seven and a half inches long!”

They added that the male concerned was arrested and was sent to custody late last night, November 29.