Police called out the fire brigade after a prisoner got stuck in a pair of handcuffs, it emerged today.
Officers at Crawley Custody Centre were unable to release the man after the cuffs jammed at about 8.45am yesterday.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service sent one pump to the incident and used cutting equipment to free him.
Inspector Jon Brydon of Sussex Police said: "Handcuffs were jammed on a prisoner and we requested the fire brigade to release him."
The man is not believed to have been injured.
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