Man arrested after police dog found something under a fallen tree

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00:00A man was arrested after a police dog found something under a tree in Whiston.

00:05According to reports, police had tried to stop a man on a bicycle,

00:09who rode away at speed before being caught.

00:12A subsequent search didn't reveal anything,

00:15but a police dog tracked the route the man had taken through the park

00:18and headed toward a fallen tree in the woods,

00:21where they found a mobile phone which was ringing repeatedly,

00:24and a metal bar.

00:26A spokesperson from Merseyside Police

00:28confirmed a 19-year-old man from Crosby

00:31was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place

00:36and being concerned in the supply of a Class B drug.