Met Police Lose Guns, Tasers: Security Blunder

0:00On April 7th, the med police just can't catch a break with their gear. Armed officers protecting London Mayor Sadiq Khan left the double bag packed with guns right outside his home in Clapham. A pregnant woman spotted it on the curb, got her partner to check it out, and they found a submachine gun, a pistol, a taser, and bullets inside. Smart move. They called cops immediately and handed it over. This blunder hit just days ago, late Tuesday night. The bad belonged to Khan's security team, who provide him round the clock protection due to threats tied to his background. Five officers got pulled from frontline duty right away while bosses dig into how this happened. Folks are fuming about the risks. That bad could have ended up with a wrong crowd in a rough area like South London sparking serious trouble. The couple who found it worried it might have gone off accidentally, endangering lives, including their unborn baby. Zooming out, this isn't isolated. Over the five years before April 2025, the med reported three tasers missing, two still gone, one recovered, plus two cartridges

1:03lost for. Good in 25 rounds of 9mm and 5.56 ammo vanished. Investigators from the med's professional standards unit are on it, questioning how protection gear just walks away. With other forces like South Yorkshire and West Midlands reporting zero losses in that time, the spotlight's hot on Britain's biggest police squad to tighten up and prevent the next close call.