{"id":7235,"date":"2026-06-29T19:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/police-find-wanted-man-in-wardrobe-and-scramble-helicopter-after-he-escapes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:32:34","slug":"police-find-wanted-man-in-wardrobe-and-scramble-helicopter-after-he-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/police-find-wanted-man-in-wardrobe-and-scramble-helicopter-after-he-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Police find wanted man in wardrobe and scramble helicopter after he &#8216;escapes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_dce647\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">A major search involving a helicopter was launched in Birmingham today after a wanted man managed to flee while being detained by officers, police said<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37364243\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"park\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37364243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Screenshot-2026-06-29-202312.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37364243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/3_Screenshot-2026-06-29-202312.png 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37364243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3_Screenshot-2026-06-29-202312.png 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37364243.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Screenshot-2026-06-29-202312.png 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Officers flooded Dawberry Fields Park in Birmingham earlier today (gv)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Officers flooded Dawberry Fields Park in Birmingham earlier today (gv)<cite aria-label=\"Image: Google\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Google)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A police helicopter was scrambled as part of a major manhunt after a wanted man managed to escape while being detained by officers, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers attended an address on Waldrons Moor in Kings Heath, Birmingham on Monday morning to arrest a 16-year-old wanted on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said officers found a wanted man hiding in a wardrobe during a search of the property, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham LiveLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/helicopter-scrambled-over-kings-heath-34206180\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham Live<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As he was being detained, the fugitive then fled the scene, according to West Midlands Police. Officers flooded Dawberry Fields Park and he was eventually found inside a camper van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and escape from lawful custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">West Midlands Police said: &#8220;Earlier this morning, we arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary from an address on Waldrons Moor, Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;During a search of the address, we also found a wanted man hiding in a wardrobe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Whilst officers were detaining him, the man fled the scene. With the support of NPAS (National Policing Air Service) officers located the man hiding in a parked camper van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and escape from lawful custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;They both remain in custody for questioning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/birmingham-wanted-man-escapes-police-37364124\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major search involving a helicopter was launched in Birmingham today after a wanted man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3_Screenshot-2026-06-29-202312.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}