Nine arrested after police raid on London gangs linked to murders

SCOTLAND Yard carried out a widespread raid on London’s gangs yesterday, arresting “corrupted children” cajoled into drug dealing and gangsters who flash their wealth on social media.

Operation Todhabi took place in the early hours and picked up suspected members of the MDP gang, including a 14-year-old boy who was believed to have sold Class A drugs.

MDP, which stands for “Murder Dem Pussies”, has been linked to several killings.

Scotland Yard said that among the confiscated goods was a vast amount of cash, a Skorpion machine pistol, another handgun, 40 rounds of ammunition and a kilogram of suspected Class A drugs.

The raid on eight addresses in Northolt, Greenford, Fulham and Brentford came as the Met faced criticism for the rise in crime in London. There are 55 open murder cases that have built up since the start of the year.

Overall, six males and three females, aged between 14 and 49, were arrested. Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said: “These intelligence-led and targeted operations by the Met Police will continue over the days and weeks ahead and the police have my full support in this fight against violent crime.”

Cressida Dick, the Met Police Commissioner, told reporters: “They are very violent. Several have a history of serious violence. At least one is suspected of regularly using a firearm.”