The Metropolitan Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards has initiated a review following a troubling incident in South London.
Jordan Griffiths reported the discovery of a bag containing firearms, including a submachine gun, after his girlfriend, who is eight months pregnant, found it on the street.
In an interview, Griffiths, 30, expressed his initial fear of potential legal repercussions.
„I put [the bag] on the bed, opened the zip and the first thing I pulled out was the Taser,“
he recounted.
„I was like, ‚oh my god‘. Pulled out another one and it was a Glock [pistol].“
He continued,
„Opened up the big bit and the MP5 [submachine gun] was there. I was like, ‚what am I going to do now? Am I going to go to prison for this?‘. I didn’t know what to do.“
Upon discovering the weapons, Griffiths promptly contacted the police, who arrived shortly to collect the bag.
Griffiths remarked,
„Anyone could have picked it up, to be honest. Lucky enough, I came outside and rang the police but anyone could have picked it up.“
He expressed concern about the security measures in place, stating,
„There’s loads of troublemakers around here. [The mayor’s] security have let everyone down, really.“
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a member of the public alerted them after finding the bag containing firearms and a Taser. According to their statement,
„Within seven minutes of the call to police, officers arrived at the scene and safely recovered the items.“
The police believe that the bag was inadvertently left behind by on-duty officers shortly before it was discovered by Griffiths‘ girlfriend. The incident occurred around 9:40 PM on Tuesday.
In a previous statement to another outlet, Griffiths noted that the police were visibly surprised upon their arrival.
„I was told [the guns] had been left there by one of Sadiq Khan’s security officers, which made sense as he lives here,“
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A spokesperson for the mayor commented on the seriousness of the situation, stating,
„This is a very serious incident, which has been referred to the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards. The Met must now take all steps to ensure an incident like this never occurs again.“
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