Seven people have been arrested following a disruption operation at Woolwich Arsenal station.

Last night (October 21) officers from across the South East BCU conducted the search with officers from British Transport Police.

Utilising knife arches, multiple stop and searches were conducted and we have made seven arrests.

These arrests range from two individuals who have been arrested of possession of pointed or bladed articles, theft, Fraud, Failure to appear at court, beach of court orders.

All are currently being processed at London Police Stations.