This is the moment an unwitting man was arrested by armed police as he attempted to cycle away from a crime scene with a rucksack full of hand grenades.
Bungling armed cops hunting man in connection with shooting storm house - and arrest the WRONG PERSON... and his brother
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Bungling cops hunting a man in connection with a shooting stormed a house - before arresting the wrong person... and his brother.
Officers from West Yorkshire Police are searching for Oldham man Kashif Hussain, 43, who is being sought in relation to a firearms incident in Bradford last month.
An appeal for help to find him has been circulated by the force.
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But they swooped on the wrong address on Wednesday night (February 9),arresting a man with the same surname at gunpoint.
They also arrested his brother.
Sharaz Hussain, 36, and his brother Shazad, 39, say they aren't related to Kashif Hussain - and have demanded an apology.
The brothers were arrested and handcuffed at gunpoint during a dramatic raid at Sharaz's home in Oldham.
They were taken to a police station, but later released without charge.
Footage obtained by the Manchester Evening News showed the moment armed police arrested Sharaz, a taxi driver, on his doorstep.
Sharaz said: "I could see somebody looking through the window.
"I opened the door and armed police were in front of me. The guy was right there with a battering ram.
"I thought at first someone was trying to rob me. Then an officer came to the front with a gun pointing at me. He was shouting 'armed police, get down on the floor'.
"I was barefoot. Two other officers gripped me and threw me onto the floor.
"I'm shouting 'what the hell have I done?'.
"I've not tried fighting with them. They didn't give me a chance to speak or anything. They just bust me to the ground."
Sharaz claimed one of the officers asked his wife 'do you know Kashif?'.
Officers checked his ID, but they still
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