Schools plunged into lockdown as armed cops hunt ‘man with machete’ roaming streets – as suspect, 34, arrested

MULTIPLE schools were placed in lockdown after a 34-year-old man “armed with a machete” was arrested by police.

Cops scrambled to the scene as chaos descended in the Stonydelph area of Tamworth, Staffordshire, just before 9am today.

Armed officers were summoned to the area as a police helicopter was seen whirring overhead.

Reports of a man seen roaming around with a machete in Silver Link Road and Crowden Road sparked chaos in the quiet area.

Officers then arrested a 34-year-old man...