It's not every day that a 104-year-old upstanding citizen is arrested, handcuffed and taken away in a police car with sirens blaring.

But that day came for Anne Brokenbrow on Wednesday, the International Day of Happiness.

Anne Brokenbrow is "taken into custody". Credit:Facebook: Bristol Wishing Washing Line

Anne, a resident of the Stokeleigh Care Home an aged-care facility in Bristol, had told British charity Alive Activities "her biggest wish was to be arrested by the police".

Then, as part of an initiative by the Bristol Wishing Washing Line, a charity that collects the wishes of people in care homes, Anne filled out a form saying: "My wish is … To be arrested. I am 104 and I have never been on the wrong side of the law."