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Police find axes, balaclavas and ammonia after pulling car over in Hackney Road

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Sam Gelder

Published: 1:10 AM June 2, 2017    Updated: 10:43 AM October 14, 2020
Police arrested five men in Hackney Road. Picture: @MPSHackney

Police arrested five men in Hackney Road. Picture: @MPSHackney - Credit: Archant

Police stopped a “suspicious” car in Hackney Road in the early hours of this morning to find men armed with axes, balaclavas and ammonia.

Hackney officers arrested five men after pulling over the vehicle.

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