British man under arrest after drunken attack on police over unpaid €4 taxi fare

[Janet]

A British man is in police custody after drunkenly refusing to pay €4 for a taxi, threatening the taxi driver, running into a restaurant kitchen, grabbing two knives and brandishing them at the Arona Policía Local officers who came to deal with him. The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Beverly Hills area. He is currently in the Comisaría in Playa de las Américas, and awaiting a Court appearance. JA

[Michael]

Pulling a knife on a Spanish cop. Probably not the smartest thing he's ever done. 

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

And when the cops arrived, I bet he shouted "TA DA!!!"

[Guanche]

Pulled knives on armed police, they should have shot him!

[Michael]

Pulled knives on armed police, they should have shot him!

Hmm, what are Spanish police like on hooman rights? 

[Guanche]

A bit like the British were in the 70's!

[Michael]

A bit like the British were in the 70's!

So about 4 of the station's largest officers would go to his cell and explain to him in a fatherly fashion where he was going wrong in life? 

[Guanche]

Well so I'm told, by whom I can't remember, with a chap as friendly as this one the fatherly advice would start on the journey back to the station. But I have no personal experience of these matters

[Nova]

Hey Guanche, did you ever use the old "shoot the solicitor" trick? 

[Guanche]

No, must have missed that one! Surprisingly back then solicitors were quite a rare thing in the cells. They just never came. Normally they gave their advice over the phone. They didn't see their client until they had been bailed or at court. In fact I never interviewed anyone with a solicitor present. Although I must say for the last 20 years of my service I didn't do much in the way of interviews.