Dramatic moment police saw down front door of suspected knife smuggler's London home

Footage shows moment police wake up suspect cutting through door with saw

Officers from the Metropolitan Police have released body-worn footage taken during a dawn raid at a flat in Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, south London, shortly after 5am on Tuesday.

Dramatic moment police saw down front door of suspected knife smuggler's London home

More than a dozen officers stormed the flat after the door was cut through

Police Use Circular Saw To Cut Down Door In Raid On Suspected Knife Smuggler's Flat

Body camera footage from the Metropolitan Police showed an officer cutting their way through the doorframe and door of the property on Wandsworth Road, Lambeth. A battering ram was then used to smash their way in, before police arrested a groggy man in his 20s during the raid which happened soon after 5am on Tuesday. The man was held on suspicion of importing prohibited weapons into the UK after 10 knives were found in the flat including lock kn…

A suspected knife smuggler’s been arrested after Met officers raided a property in Clapham.

They used an electric saw to cut through the front door on Wandsworth Road just after 5am yesterday. Ten knives were seized, including lock and flick knives, while other weapons allegedly imported from China were intercepted by Border Force. A man in his twenties remains in custody on suspicion of importing prohibited weapons.