More than 350 officers descended on East London in coordinated raids early on Thursday (March 3) after intelligence steered rival gangs had been plotting violent revenge attacks.
Police carried out 11 raids in reference to a ‘rent-a-gun’ enterprise and 10 arrests had been made.
The Metropolitan Police launched the joint operation with Essex Police and Kent Police following a quantity of violent incidents throughout East London.
Four firearm police canine additionally got here alongside to assist in the raids, the complete record of places for which is beneath.
Detective Superintendent Paul Trevers, who led the operation for the Met, stated: “Following a quantity of violent incidents in east London, officers from the East Area Gangs Unit have meticulously pulled this operation collectively, which has taken months of arduous work and dedication.
One of the addresses focused was in Upney Lane, Barking
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“This operation – Operation Wordwell – began in September 2020 following a quantity of shootings and stabbings in Barking, East London.
“By linking the offences, officers realised that one prison gang had been planning violent attacks on different people and by making these pre-planned arrests immediately, we’ve been ready to thwart a prison gang concerned in the use of deadly firearms.”
Under Operation Wordwell, officers discovered proof that gang members had been splitting the fee of acquiring a firearm and had been wanting for potential victims.
A complete of 10 folks, aged between 16 and 20 years previous, have been arrested for offences together with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to commit GBH with intent.
They have all been taken into custody at an East London police station and searches of the venues proceed for any firearms.
The warrants had been carried out at properties in:
- Middleton Grove, Barking
- Sutton Road, Barking
- Upney Lane, Barking
- Wheelers Cross, Barking
- Wivenhoe Road, Barking
- King Edwards Road, Barking
- Dovehouse Mead, Barking
- The Shaftsburys, Barking
- Bastable Avenue, Barking
- William Groom Ave, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex
- Rhodaus Town, Canterbury, Kent
Specialist firearms officers from the Met, in addition to Essex and Kent Police had been used to carry out the warrants safely.
They had been supported by officers from the Met’s Taskforce, Specialist Crime syndicates and East Area BCU.
Members of the native Independent Advisory Groups had been additionally current at a specialist operations room to view the warrants going down and to see what officers are doing to deal with violent crime in their neighbourhoods.
Det Supt Trevers added: “Communities rightfully maintain their native police to account. They understandably need to know, perceive and see what we’re doing to deal with shootings, stabbings and different varieties of crime in the areas that they reside and work.
“By inviting neighborhood representatives to see the operation unfold, it allowed me to present our skilled dedication to supress violence, while assuring communities of our accountability and transparency in what we do.
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“This is one other in the road of ongoing operations concentrating on violent offenders and I hope it goes a way in reassuring everybody that East Area BCU, with the assist of MPS specialist officers in addition to colleagues from different forces, proceed to work tirelessly to cease the availability of guns, and related criminality throughout London and into county forces.”
Chief Inspector Darren Deex, Operational Policing Command, Essex Police, added: “In working with the Metropolitan Police immediately, not solely have we supported colleagues to make an arrest, we’ve helped make Essex that little bit safer.
“Our residents know that we are going to at all times take motion to take away firearms and weapons off our streets and convey those that carry or use them to justice, and we take pleasure in figuring out the neighborhood helps us in that purpose. There isn’t any place for such violence in our county.”
Anyone with data ought to name police on 101 or Tweet @MetCC. To stay 100per cent nameless name Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Any younger individuals who have details about violence, firearms or knife crime, can go to Fearless the place they’ll cross on data anonymously – your I.P tackle is not going to be traced. Fearless is an element of the Crimestoppers charity, and can be unbiased of the police.
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