Three arrested for affray in Hull
Officers were called to Holderness Road yesterday.
Following an incident on Holderness Road in Hull yesterday (Monday, 19 October 2026) resulting in armed officers deployed, three people remain in police custody.
Officers were called to reports of an altercation involving two men and a woman outside Crooked Billet pub at around 2.15pm, where one of the people was allegedly in possession of a knife.
For the safety of the public, officers from our Armed Policing Unit were rapidly deployed and through CCTV enquiries, the group was located heading into an address on Holderness Road.
Two men, 46 and 40-years-old, and a 35-year-old woman was arrested at the scene on suspicion of affray.
Detective Inspector Rich Mills said: "I understand the concern this incident may have caused within the community, however I would like to offer reassurance that this is believed to have been isolated an incident between individuals known to each other with no wider risk to the public.
"Our enquiries are ongoing and I can confirm the knife believed to be connected with the incident has since been recovered and seized.
"We would like to thank the local residents for their patience and understanding whilst officers dealt with the incident and would appeal to anyone with any further information that may assist our enquiries to contact us on 101, quoting crime reference 26*147979."
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