Police searched 11 properties throughout London and arrested five people

Police executed a warrant on an address in Southall as part of an ongoing operation to tackle the supply of drugs in London’s West End.

A total of eleven addresses throughout the capital were searched on Wednesday morning (8 January) including one on Park Avenue, UB1.

Police also visited properties in Enfield, Islington, Crystal Palace, Cricklewood and Tonbridge in Kent and five people between 25 and 40 years of age have been arrested.

Detective Superintendent Nick Sumner, from the Met’s Central West Basic Command Unit, said:

“This operation is a continued campaign to arrest and charge those involved in bringing and selling drugs in the Soho and Cambridge Circus area.

“Within the three days we have executed warrants as part of this operation, five people have now been arrested and we will continue to make further arrests as more intelligence comes to light.”

Officers from the Met’s Central West BCU, Taskforce, Met Detention and Forensic Services along with colleagues from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Westminster City Council and drug diversion agencies were involved in the operation.

All those arrested have been taken into custody.

9 January 2020