Mounted police took part in the operation in Ilford town centre.
- Credit: Met Police
Seven weapons and seven vehicles were seized by police in an operation targeting violence and robbery in Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham last week.
Thirteen people were arrested.
The Violence Suppression Unit (VSU) led a two-day operation focusing on Ilford town centre, Ilford Lane, Valentines Park and Barking on Thursday and Friday, February 4 and 5.
Officers were proactively looking for high harm offenders, conducting weapon sweeps and engaging with the community.
The VSUs were supported by other teams across the Met including the RPTC Road Crime Team, Firearms Command – Trojan Proactive Unit, Dog Section, Mounted Branch, RPTC Tasking Team, British Transport Police and Safer Neighbourhood officers. The Multi-Agency Tasking (MAT) Team, a proactive unit based around Ilford Town Centre, took part and worked with London Borough of Redbridge Enforcement Officers and other council departme
was killed. from there what is believed to be a single assailant ran around the corner and tried to gain entry through a gate, beyond which houses the members of parliament. brian dillon is with us from london. former operational head of scotland yard s firearms command, involved in counterterrorism and contingency planning and developed strategis for exactly this type of thing. mr. dillon, considering that, considering the drills you oversaw and all that london has been through, did everything work today? well, yes, i think from what we ve seen in the reporting so far, we can have a degree of confidence that all of the plans of the emergency services operated as anticipated. i think we should take some comfort from the fact and on this difficult day, if there is such a thing as comfort to be found, in that london is