Officers raid a suspected knife seller’s home, seizing weapons, drugs and charging two people

Evening Standard

Zombie knives aren’t bought in supermarkets—they’re sourced on social media apps like Snapchat and Telegram.Yesterday, officers raided a suspected knife seller’s home, seizing weapons, drugs and charging two people with a range of offences.

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00:00People who are committing the knife point robberies and sadly the

00:29murders they're not buying their weapons in Sainsbury's they're buying them in

00:34what's known as a grey market on snapchat on telegram. This morning we're

00:39here at an address in Hornsey to execute a warrant. The occupant is suspected to

00:46be selling prohibited weapons for example zombie knives and flick knives

00:50online and also supplying controlled drugs. Within the last couple of hours my

00:56team executed a warrant and we entered the property and we were able to arrest

01:01our primary suspect. In addition while in the property we identified further

01:06evidence which implicated his brother as well and his brother was also arrested.

01:10The property was searched we seized a quantity of controlled class B drugs and

01:15controlled pharmaceuticals such as prescription only antidepressants and a

01:20number of offensive weapons were also recovered. Operations like this are

01:25really really important. You may not see the results immediately but it really is

01:30one less weapon off the street one less knife seller online and hopefully it's

01:35one life saved.

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