A little too close for comfort: 2 arrests after submachine gun found in car

[IlonaM]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/two-men-arrested-police-discover-submachine-gun-southwark-b966505.html

'Two men have been arrested after detectives seized a submachine gun in Southwark.

Officers discovered the weapon after ordering two cars driving in convoy to pull over in Crossthwaite Avenue on Monday 15 November.'

[wordsworth]

IlonaM Wrote:

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> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/two-men-arre

> sted-police-discover-submachine-gun-southwark-b966

> 505.html

>

> 'Two men have been arrested after detectives

> seized a submachine gun in Southwark.

>

> Officers discovered the weapon after ordering two

> cars driving in convoy to pull over in

> Crossthwaite Avenue on Monday 15 November.'

Eh?

[Sue]

Yes, that is a bit close 😮

I had to Google the road.

[wordsworth]

Sue Wrote:

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> Yes, that is a bit close 😮

>

> I had to Google the road.

Trust you feel safe.

[ianr]

According to the police briefing note it was an intelligence-led operation of Specialist Crime Command detectives assisted by armed officers. Crossthwaite Ave. is an exceedngly quiet street, with a few neighbourhood shops including the Bike Project. I suspect it was a good place to make the stop.

[hammerman]

Erm, there is a primary school just a one minute walk away from Crossthwaithe Avenue? So it might be exceedingly quiet during the day (the Bike Project you seem to have called out) but any crime activity on the Denmark Hill Estate should be made known to people living in the area surely?

[SpringTime]

It was too close to comfort wherever it was found - even on the Moon.

[ianr]

The two arrested and charged men are reported as having addresses in Croydon and Greenwich. https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/camberwell-two-men-charged-after-machine-gun-found-hidden-in-car-speakers/

[DuncanW]

Crossthwaite is not exactly on the route between Croydon and Lewisham, nor any two place not on that estate... so you might wonder if they didn't have some business there, or very close by.

ianr Wrote:

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> The two arrested and charged men are reported as

> having addresses in Croydon and Greenwich.

> https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/camberwell-tw

> o-men-charged-after-machine-gun-found-hidden-in-ca

> r-speakers/

[alice]

Line of Duty fan says clearly a Post Office raid.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

hammerman Wrote:

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> any crime

> activity on the Denmark Hill Estate should be made

> known to people living in the area surely?

They did - they issued a press release that was picked up by the Standard and other local papers.

https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-men-charged-with-firearms-offence-437741

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19722569.woolwich-man-charged-submachine-gun-seized-police/

[wordsworth]

The right answer.