Loaded handgun seized from cereal box in Hackney
Published:
7:16 PM March 28, 2013
Updated:
10:34 AM October 14, 2020
- Credit: Archant
The gun was found at an address in Gayhurst Road, London Fields
Officers from Hackney’s gang team and an Operation Bantam team – the borough’s proactive firearms unit - executed a warrant at an address in Gayhurst Road in London Fields.
The weapon was found in a cereal box, and a large quantity of class A drugs were also found at the address.
A man aged 28 was arrested at the scene on suspicion of possessing a firearm and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
He has been taken to an east London police station.
