Zombie knives aren’t bought in supermarkets—they’re sourced on social media apps like Snapchat and Telegram.Yesterday, officers raided a suspected knife seller’s home, seizing weapons, drugs and charging two people with a range of offences.
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00:00People who are committing the knife point robberies and sadly the
00:29murders they're not buying their weapons in Sainsbury's they're buying them in
00:34what's known as a grey market on snapchat on telegram. This morning we're
00:39here at an address in Hornsey to execute a warrant. The occupant is suspected to
00:46be selling prohibited weapons for example zombie knives and flick knives
00:50online and also supplying controlled drugs. Within the last couple of hours my
00:56team executed a warrant and we entered the property and we were able to arrest
01:01our primary suspect. In addition while in the property we identified further
01:06evidence which implicated his brother as well and his brother was also arrested.
01:10The property was searched we seized a quantity of controlled class B drugs and
01:15controlled pharmaceuticals such as prescription only antidepressants and a
01:20number of offensive weapons were also recovered. Operations like this are
01:25really really important. You may not see the results immediately but it really is
01:30one less weapon off the street one less knife seller online and hopefully it's
01:35one life saved.