A woman called 999 to order a pizza – but it wasn't a prank call. The woman made the odd request to emergency operators to indicate she feared a man, sitting next to her on a bus, was going to hurt her.
The 999 operator on the other end of the phone realised the woman was talking in code and asked her "yes" and "no" questions to avoid attracting the man's attention, North Yorkshire Police said as reported by Yorkshire Live.
While the call was in progress, the call handler managed to text the woman for further details which enabled officers to track the bus and stop it in York. A 40-year-old Leeds man, arrested in connection with the incident, remains in police custody.
