{"id":676496,"date":"2026-01-05T23:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676496\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:57:26","slug":"armed-police-swarm-property-after-meat-and-cheese-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676496\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police swarm property after meat and cheese theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man will appear at court today<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_mags.jpg\" alt=\"Bristol Magistrates' Court\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Bristol Magistrates&#8217; Court<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Armed police swarmed a property after a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">theft<\/a> from a supermarket on New Years Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident &#8211; which also saw a member of the public being threatened with a knife &#8211; happened at a supermarket in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/filton\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Filton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> said meat and cheese were stolen from a shop before a member of the public was threatened with a small knife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The victim was forced to hand over their bicycle in the incident, police added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Footage shared online shows armed police being called to an address in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/southmead\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Southmead<\/a> area of Bristol on Saturday, January 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Avon and Somerset Police said Benjamin Wood, of Southmead, was arrested and has been charged with one count of theft from a shop and one count of threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was remanded to appear at Bristol Magistrates&#8217; Court today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: \u201cA 44-year-old man has been charged in connection with the theft of food from a supermarket and a member of the public&#8217;s bicycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt follows an incident on Thursday, January 1, in Filton in which meat and cheese was stolen from a shop before a member of the public was threatened with a small knife and forced to hand over their bicycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cBenjamin Wood, of Southmead, was arrested on Saturday (January 3) before being charged with one count of theft from a shop and one count of threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe was remanded to appear at Bristol Magistrates&#8217; 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