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Notting Hill Carnival - Update at 19:00hrs on Monday 26 August

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Notting Hill Carnival - Update at 19:00hrs on Monday 26 August

As of 19:00hrs there had been one report of a stabbing resulting in non-life threatening injuries.

Interventions by officers throughout the day, including using Section 60 search powers, have led to a number of weapons being taken off the streets.

Earlier today, officers were able to stop a car in Harrow, believed to be en route to Carnival, where a firearm was seized and two people arrested. Later in the afternoon, officers carried out a search at one of the entry points to Carnival, seizing a further firearm.

A man who was wanted for an attempted murder in Hackney in July was spotted at Carnival and arrested following a successful stop.

So far today, 41 weapons other than firearms have been seized.

Officers have made 145 arrests as of 19:00hrs on Monday, bringing the total so far over two days to 249.

The breakdown of offences for Monday’s arrests so far is as follows:

40 x possession of an offensive weapon

16 x assault on an emergency worker

4 x sexual offences

3 x violence with injury

6 x other violence

1 x possession of a firearm

2 x vehicle crime

1 x harassment

7 x possession with intent to supply drugs

6 x possession of class A drugs

29 x possession of class B drugs

3 x possession of nitrous oxide

6 x possession of drugs (other)

1 x theft from a person

2 x other theft offences

4 x public order offences

14 x other offences

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