A gun was recovered from an address in E3
- Credit: Met Police
A man has been arrested and a gun seized after a woman reported she had been threatened.
Police were called in the early hours of Wednesday, December 30 by a young woman who said she had been threatened by a man who produced a firearm from his bag after a meeting at a residential address in Whitechapel.
She said the man brandished it at her and warned her he would return again later with the boys .
Around 24 hours later, after a series of successful enquiries, a 28-year-old suspect was tracked down to an address in E3.