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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T18:08:23.000Z",
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    "'What are they doing?!' Ex-armed officer 'raging with fury' after Sadiq Khan's bodyguards 'misplace' bag full of guns",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nTasers and ammunition have gone missing in yet another Metropolitan Police blunder just days after a holdall containing weapons was left on a street near the London Mayor's residence in Clapham.\n\nScotland Yard's specialist firearms unit reported the disappearance of three Tasers, with two of the 50,000-volt stun guns still unaccounted for.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMO19, the force's armed response command, also permanently lost two Taser cartridges over the five years leading up to April 2025.\n\nAdditionally, 25 rounds of ammunition, comprising 9mm and 5.56mm bullets, went missing over the same period.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThese revelations emerge less than a week after armed officers from a different Scotland Yard unit, the Royalty and Security Protection Command, abandoned a holdall containing weapons on a street near the London Mayor's residence in Clapham.\n\nA pregnant woman stumbled upon the abandoned bag on a kerbside in south London late on Tuesday evening.\n\nNoticing the luggage appeared unusually heavy, she returned home to fetch her partner, Jordan Griffiths, for assistance.\n\nThe scaffolder initially suspected the weighty holdall might contain coins. Upon opening it, however, he discovered an arsenal of police-issue weaponry.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nInside sat an American-made Heckler & Koch MP5SF A3 semi-automatic carbine capable of firing 800 rounds per minute.\n\nAn Austrian Glock 17 pistol loaded with at least ten rounds was stored in a leather holster alongside the rifle.\n\nThe bag also contained a Taser stun gun in a nylon holster and additional ammunition.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police confirmed a member of the public contacted them at approximately 9.40pm after finding the holdall. Officers arrived within seven minutes to retrieve the items.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Met Police arrest two more in connection with shooting of boy, 14, in Woolwich\n  * Police Federation boss arrested in London on suspicion of corruption\n  * 'What are they doing?!' Ex-armed officer 'raging with fury' after Sadiq Khan's bodyguards 'misplace' bag full of guns\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Griffiths described his disbelief at the discovery. \"I could not believe my eyes and took some pictures as proof of what we had found,\" he told The Sun.\n\nHe immediately contacted the police, who arrived within minutes to collect the weapons. \"When they arrived they were really shocked. They looked through the bag carefully and hurriedly took them away,\" he recounted.\n\nOfficers informed him the holdall had been left by one of Sir Sadiq security detail. Mr Griffiths expressed concern about what could have happened had the weapons fallen into different hands.\n\nHe said: \"I hate to think what might have happened if any of the people in Clapham had found that bag. It could have been mayhem.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhen he enquired about a potential reward, officers offered him \"a bag of sweets\" in response.\n\nRetired Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville warned the MO19 losses would \"further dent trust and confidence\" in the force.\n\nHe said: \"It seems like an element of sloppiness has crept into the Met's firearms unit\", calling for \"an urgent audit.\"\n\nMr Neville also noted that gun crime remained prevalent in south London, adding that \"too many villains would have been very pleased\" to discover the holdall outside the Mayor's home.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nFive armed protection officers have been temporarily removed from frontline duties while the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards investigates the Clapham incident.\n\nA spokesman for Sir Sadiq described it as \"a very serious incident\" and stated the Met \"must now take all steps to ensure an incident like this never occurs again\".\n\nSir Sadiq receives round-the-clock armed protection from approximately 15 officers following repeated threats to his safety.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Tasers and ammunition vanish in SECOND Met Police blunder just days after force lose weapons outside Sadiq Khan's home"
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