Caught on camera: Police officers armed with tasers tackle man with knife and two blades

Bodycam footage shows the moment when taster officers tackled a man found carrying a knife and two blades.

The video shows how officers approached the armed man and told him to stay still but he tried to run before being detained.

A large kitchen knife was removed from his waistband and a Stanley blade and homemade scalpel were found in his pockets.

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Marek Vasko, 21, was arrested by officers from the Wisbech Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) on 13 January, after members of the public called 999 to report a man waving a knife around and smashing it against a lamppost near Tesco Extra in Cromwell Road. He has been given a suspended prison sentence.

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