A MAN has been arrested after reports emerged of him running naked down a busy street in Cardiff. South Wales Police received the call regarding the incident on Richmond Road in Roath at around midnight on April 23. The authorities immediately sprang into action and arrested a 37-year-old man for suspected public indecency. However, the man has since been released while police conduct their investigation into the matter.
Onlookers witnessed several police vehicles at the scene on the night in question, as officers were already in the area responding to an unrelated incident. The suspect was detained for causing outrage in public, with residents voicing their concern at such an outlandish display of behavior. The incident has prompted the police to issue a statement on the matter.
According to a spokesperson for the South Wales Police, “A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of outraging public decency. Police were called to a report of a naked man running down Richmond Road at around midnight on Sunday. The suspect has been released under investigation. Officers were in the area at the time responding to an unconnected report of an elderly woman who had fallen over in the street.”
The arrest has certainly raised eyebrows and caused a stir in the local community. It remains to be seen what further developments will emerge from this bizarre and unsettling incident.
