Police were dispatched after a Premier League footballer was spotted carrying a bow and arrows on a country track, it has been reported.
Newcastle United's Bosnian full-back Amar Dedic found himself at the centre of a major operation on Wednesday when a member of the public alerted officers after seeing two men with the weapon close to a reservoir a few miles outside the city.
A number of police units were dispatched to the scene in the Harlow Hill area, and Dedic and a friend were stopped in a vehicle, as first reported by the Daily Mail.
Officers later satisfied themselves that there was no threat to the public and the weapon was for recreational use only, but inquiries continue.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "Shortly after 1.55 p.m. [on Wednesday], we received a report of two men carrying a bow and arrows while walking along a track by the reservoir on Military Road in the Harlow Hill area.
"Officers attended and subsequently stopped a vehicle in the Darras Hall area and seized a bow and arrows.
"At this stage, it is understood they were for recreational use and there was no threat to the public.
"Inquiries are ongoing."
The 24-year-old Bosnia and Herzegovina international joined Newcastle from Benfica in the summer for a reported £29.5 million.
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