Family paddling in London river in Linear Park find dumped weapons including Uzi
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The family found a large cache of dumped firearms Mr Ball said: “We were at river view walk where we regularly go with our children, and my sons were playing with a 15-year-old boy, James, when he slipped on what appeared to be a magazine from a gun. “I then contacted the police, who came and retrieved the weapons and will be sweeping the river for any more.” Speaking to MyLondon, James said he “wished it was a bad dream”, adding that he feared at the time of finding a “cone-shaped” metal object that “it might be an explosive”. A spokesman for Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called to Winsford Road, SE6, at 16.49hrs on Saturday, 6 August to reports of firearms found in a river.
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