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A MAN carrying a fake gun to pose for a Star Wars 30th anniversary photo shoot found himself facing the law instead of Darth Vader.
The 32-year-old Melbourne man, dressed all in black, left a replica handgun sticking out of his backpack, alarming a patron at Southbank's food court yesterday.
And it wasn't long until the force was with him.
The patron notified management and security staff followed the man and monitored him on security cameras for several minutes until he made his way outside.
He was arrested at the corner of City Rd and Southgate Ave.
The man, on his way to pose for photos for the MX commuter newspaper, sat stunned on the ground after being handcuffed by police.
His bag was searched and the fake gun found as well as a Star Wars suit.
He was taken to the St Kilda Rd Police Complex for questioning.
Police will charge the man on summons for possessing an unregistered firearm, despite it being a replica.
Sen-Constable Daniel Sage said police had to act quickly.
"A male was carrying what appeared to be a firearm protruding from his bag," he said.
"It was a replica gun. We weren't sure what we were dealing with."
The general manager of Southgate arts and leisure precinct, Andrew Hughes, said it was reported the man had a machinegun.
"He was probably here a good 10 minutes," he said. "He proceeded into one of our public toilets and from there he walked out of the building down towards City Rd.
"He was sitting in the food court. We have procedures in place for this sort of thing.
"Our security kept their distance and followed him."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 62,00.html
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Also when I read this story I couldn't get this image out of my head.
PIC NOT FROM STORY(but funny none the less)
