A gardener who strolled home from his allotment was arrested by armed police after a member of the public dialled 999 over a 'knifeman wearing khaki'.
Samuel Rowe, 35, had been walking with his trug of vegetables and gardening tools in Manchester earlier this month when he made the decision to trim his hedge.
Mr Rowe, who works as a technical manager at a theatre, whipped out his Japanese garden sickle which had been strapped to his belt.
But he was interrupted after hearing shouting behind him from two armed officers who insisted he 'drop the knife'.
The policemen then proceeded to ask Mr Rowe if he was 'autistic' and whether he had ever 'served' in the armed forces.
