Man mistakenly detained at train station

Published: July 7, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Order reprints
BOURNEMOUTH, England, July 7 (UPI) -- Police in Bournemouth, England, said a man was being offered "appropriate support" after he was mistakenly detained by armed officers at a railway station.

Dorset County police said the 21-year-old man was falsely identified by an officer traveling on a train as a wanted man, and armed officers ordered him to exit the train and lie down on the platform, The Sun reported Monday.

The man was released a few minutes later after officers searched and questioned him in a bathroom at the train station.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Crude oil prices drop Friday morning (11 min)
UPI NewsTrack TopNews (23 min)
Expensive F-22 having maintenance woes (25 min)
GM emerges from bankruptcy, sells assets (25 min)
Armenia, Azerbaijan urged to end dispute (35 min)
Cousin: Jacko viewing was open casket (43 min)
Economic Outlook: Huffing about homes (51 min)
fark
Most unmarried U.S. couples who live together aren't trying to test their relationship -- they just...
Behold the 10 ugliest plants in the world. Audrey II strangely absent
British man faces prosecution for making up news headlines. Drew cancels London travel plans
Four-year-old girl hijacks forklift, drives into heating oil tank, causes spill. That's just the...
Mynd you, møsquitø bites Kan be pretty nasti
"Sometimes, you get what you expect. Generally, you meet better people at church than you do at...