Mayor's Armed Guards Leave Gear on Curb, Teens Cause Chaos

0:00On April 3rd, armed officers protecting London Mayor Sadiq Khan made a huge mistake Tuesday night, leaving a bag packed with firearms right on the curve outside his Clapham home. Inside were a semi-automatic MP5 rifle, a glott pistol, a taser, an ammo-serious gear that could have spilled disaster. That same evening just blocks away a mob of rowdy teens turn the high street into chaos, lighting fires, scaring folks, and clashing with cops. During an Easter holiday flash mob, a pregnant woman walking by spotted the heavy hold-all, kicked it to check, then grabbed her partner Jordan Griffiths to investigate. He opened it at home, snapped a pick, and called police right away. They showed up in minutes, shocked it was their own gear from the mayor's detail. The couple handed everything back safely, dodging what Griffiths called a potential nightmare, especially with their baby do soon. Cops admitted it belonged to Khan's protection team, and even joked about a reward of suites.

1:01Five officers got pulled from duty while the Met Police's professional standards team digs in, reviewing how this slipped up amidst South London's, rising gun crime. With youth mobs plotting more link-ups on secret chats, the mayor's office called it dead serious, vowing no repeats as tensions simmer.