Police have seized 99 potentially dangerous ‘pyramid rings’ from a vehicle heading to the Appleby Horse Fair.
Officers stopped the vehicle near the Cumbrian market town around 1am on Friday as it travelled towards the fair’s trade fields.
Taking place over a week, the Appleby Horse Fair is the largest traditional gypsy and traveller fair in Europe, attracting around 10,000 travellers.
More than 200 officers will work 24 hours a day over the weekend in what is set to be Cumbria Police’s biggest-ever operation.
After recovering the 99 pyramid rings, the force said they would be destroyed as they can be used as weapons
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