News -
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 |
