Newcastle's Dedic stopped by police after being spotted with bow and arrows

Newcastle United defender Amar Dedic was stopped by police after being spotted carrying a bow and arrows at a Northumberland beauty spot. Bosnia-Herzegovina international Dedic, 24, was with a friend when he was stopped in a car after a concerned member of the public raised the alarm. Reports say six police cars , external were dispatched, including armed police, and that Dedic and his companion were stopped about seven miles away from where they were originally spotted.

It is reported Newcastle goalkeeper Mark Gillespie, 34, and former defender Paul Dummett, 35, arrived at the scene while police were speaking to Dedic. The incident happened on Wednesday, two days after Dedic - who joined from Benfica for a fee in the region of £30m in August - had played in Newcastle 's 1-0 home defeat by Everton . It said it received reports 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," added the statement.