Two people have been arrested and remain in police custody for questioning
15:08, 29 Aug 2026Updated 15:26, 29 Aug 2026
Emergency services outside Toby Carvery in Chadderton Park(Image: Supplied)
Two people have been arrested after an altercation with police outside a Toby Carvery restaurant in Chadderton on Friday evening.
Emergency services descended on a Toby Carvery last night amid reports that a man had been tasered by police (Friday, August 28). The Manchester Evening News understands that a man appeared to have been running from police officers before he was tasered in the car park.
The restaurant, located on Chadderton Park, Oldham, was closed for a short period of time after a number of police cars and an ambulance were spotted outside, witnesses said.
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has now confirmed that a man and a woman have been arrested and remain in custody for questioning.
GMP said that officers noticed a vehicle driving erratically and conducted a vehicle stop at 7.45pm on Friday evening.
Emergency services outside Toby Carvery in Chadderton Park(Image: Supplied)
After approaching and speaking to the driver, GMP said that he became “aggressive”, which led the officers to deploy their taser.
After searching the vehicle, the driver, a man, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two officers, possession with intent to supply class B, and child neglect.
A passenger, a woman, was also arrested on suspicion of child neglect and the pair remain in police custody for questioning.
“At 7.45pm on Friday 28 August, officers conducted a vehicle stop after observing vehicle driving in an erratic manner,” a GMP statement reads.
Police outside Toby Carvery in Chadderton Park(Image: Manchester Evening News)
It continues: “Officers spoke to the driver, who then became aggressive and a taser was deployed.
“Following a search of the vehicle, a man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of assaulting two officers, possession with intent to supply class B, and child neglect.
Toby Carvery, Chadderton Park, where the incident took place(Image: MEN)
“A woman, a passenger, was also arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
“They remain in custody for questioning.”