Armed police lockdown quiet street to arrest suspects after Mercedes mows down officer in ‘DELIBERATE hit-and-run’ causing ‘serious head injuries’

  • Armed officers surrounded a Leicester home and arrested two men this morning
  • In video, one man approaches police with arms up before being put in handcuffs
  • Comes after policeman was mown down in street by white Mercedes at 4.30am   

This is the dramatic moment armed police lead a man away in handcuffs following an alleged hit-and-run on an officer this morning.

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Masked police swooped in on the quiet street in Leicester and surrounded a house before a man slowly walked towards them with his arms up.

He was then arrested and put in the back of a police car.

The suspect was one of up to four people taken into custody after a constable was left with serious head injuries after being ‘deliberately’ mown down at 4.30am.

‘A suspect was cuffed and led by armed cops to a waiting police car after a constable was mowed down this morning

The suspect was taken into custody after a police constable was struck by a white Mercedes at 4.30am