Overview
- The Met carried out a week‑long enforcement campaign in Wembley that resulted in 32 arrests, 64 vehicle seizures and five weapons recovered, the force reported.
- Officers used uniformed and plain‑clothes patrols, traffic stops and licensing test purchases, with police cadets conducting 27 checks that produced seven breaches for selling alcohol to under‑18s.
- A moped pursuit led to one arrest for possession with intent to supply after officers found a small amount of Class B drugs and then discovered a larger quantity concealed in the moped’s leg‑cover lining.
- Field reporting from officers described organised shoplifting using children and heavily modified e‑bikes reaching very high speeds, but those specific claims are reported observations that sit alongside the Met’s official figures.
- The Met framed the action as part of wider neighbourhood‑crime work backed by Brent Council and new retail‑crime technology, which the force says has helped raise arrest, charge and conviction rates and could further affect local business safety and enforcement priorities.