LONDON (Reuters) – A man has been arrested at the visitors entrance to Queen Elizabeths Buckingham Palace residence for possession of a taser, Londons Metropolitan Police said on Sunday.
Armed police patrol the grounds of Buckingham Palace after a man was arrested at the visitor entrance of Britain's Queen Elizabeth's residence in London, Britain, September 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Police, who did not say whether the Queen was at the palace at the time, said the arrest was not terror-related.
“Police were called at 12:47hrs on Sunday, 23 September to a report of a man detained by security staff at the visitor entrance to Buckingham Palace,” the police said in a statement.
“A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm, namely a Taser. He remains in custody at a central London police station at this stage.”
Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Catherine Evans
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