Melvyn Downes has blasted police as he shared a video showing him being stopped and searched by officers - after it happened a second time.
The SAS: Who Dares Wins star and former Sergeant Major, 60, took to Instagram on Friday night where he told his followers about the 'humiliating' ordeal.
He explained how a number of years ago he went to buy his wife a gift in a Boots pharmacy using a £50 note.
However, Melvyn, who served 24 years in the British Army, said it was suspected to be counterfeit and police began a search on him.
Melvyn told fans: 'A few years ago I got completely humiliated by 5 police officers in London because I had a legitimate £50 note on me trying to buy my wife something.
'I was totally humiliated getting searched in front of a shop full of people but once the police saw a military I.D they stopped immediately & the police Sgt actually admitted they knew from the start it was a legitimate £50 note …the police need to target with intelligence & not just appearance…'
Melvyn Downes has blasted police as he shared a video showing him being stopped and searched by officers - after it happened a second time
In the video shared alongside the caption, officers from City of London can be seen in their uniform, wearing their red and white chequered hats
The married father-of-three continued by saying how he had planned to 'never' mention the exchange until he was recently stopped again.
Melvyn said: 'I respect & back the military & law but definitely need to conduct correct training & tactics in my opinion.'
In the video shared alongside the caption, officers from City of London can be seen in their uniform, wearing their red and white chequered hats.
One officer appears to be searching Melvyn as he tells the camera: 'Here I am getting searched by the police. They think I've got fake money on me.
'Done nothing wrong. Just letting you know. This is part of the UK.'
Daily Mail has approached City of London police for comment.
Melvyn joined SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2021, .
Last year he revealed the brutal truth about being Britain's first black SAS soldier in a column for Daily Mail.
Recalling one incident of discrimination, he said: 'One night a couple of weeks in I was lying on my bunk and listening to conversations going on around me.
Five blokes from a regiment down south had their backs turned to me as they looked at a map and speculated about the following day’s route. I padded across to join them. ‘Hi, guys.’ They turned to stare at me – five unfriendly pairs of eyes suddenly trained on me. ‘Could I look at that please?’ I asked, gesturing at the map.
Melvyn joined SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2021, becoming the show's first mixed-race officer
'There were a couple of seconds of silence, then one of them, a big man with a gringo moustache and cropped black hair, just said, ‘c**n,’ a vile racial slur, then turned his head away.
'The others sniggered.
'Anger surged into every part of my body. I couldn’t let this go. I imagined the satisfaction of feeling my knuckles smash into the big bloke’s jaw. That would show them. I felt my hand balling into a fist. I went to take a step forward.
'And then I caught myself and stopped. If I got into a scrap, whatever the outcome, that would be the end of my chances of passing selection. I’d be booted off straight away. I forced myself to return to my bunk, where I lay, as they carried on giggling and casting mocking glances in my direction.'
