Police rush to Derbyshire village after reports of ‘seven men fighting with knives’ – only to discover a hoax
Officers were dashed to a Derbyshire village after receving a report of large-scale disorder – only to find that the call was a hoax.
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On Wednesday, April 20, the Derbyshire Dales Response Unit reported that they were called to attend an incident in Cubley, near Ashbourne.
They had received a call from a young person at a telephone box, who said that there were seven males fighting with knives in the village, before hanging up.
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Hide AdThis triggered an immediate response from the response unit, who travelled to Cubley from their base in Matlock. When officers arrived, however, they said the village was “silent”, with no sign of any disorder.
A DDRU spokesperson said that the episode was “not acceptable”, with hoax calls diverting resources from proactive crime patrols and responding to other incidents.