Windermere: Armed police deployed to find man with knife
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A train at Windermere station was searched by armed officers, Cumbria Police said
A man has been arrested after reports he had a knife at a Lake District hotel, Cumbria Police has said.
Officers were called to a property on Lake Road, Ambleside, at 18:00 GMT on Sunday, but the man had already left.
Armed police were deployed as a "precaution" to find the suspect, searching a train at Windermere station after he was seen heading towards town.
A man, 31, was arrested at a pub on Lake Road on suspicion of affray and possession of a bladed article.
He remains in custody. No one was injured.
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