A TEENAGE boy was found with a knife up his sleeve when he was stopped in St Helens town centre by police officers.

Yesterday, Saturday, June 20 at about 4pm, officers on patrol stopped and searched a teenager on Ormskirk Street, in the town centre.

It is alleged this knife was hidden up his sleeve.

A police spokesman said a 16-year-old boy was arrested and later charged with possession of a bladed article.

He will appear in court next month.