Police seized a knife and charged a suspect following a car stop.
Officers pulled over the vehicle in Aspley Lane, Broxtowe, after it caught their attention while on patrol at 11.25am on Saturday (22 June).
When the city priority tasking team officers searched the car they found a lock knife.
Dean Hines, aged, 52, of Oxengate, Arnold, has been charged with possession of a bladed article in a public place.
He is expected to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 10 July 2025.
Hines was also arrested on suspicion of drug-driving following a positive drugs wipe and has been bailed in relation to this alleged offence.
Sergeant Laura Hunt, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“This was an excellent piece of proactive police work, demonstrating alertness on patrol and an efficient search which has taken a knife off the streets.
“There is no excuse for anyone to be driving around with a knife inside the vehicle.”
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