A man trying to flee from arrest fell over because he had a huge machete knife hidden in his trouser leg, police said.
Two men have been arrested after police on a routine patrol discovered a large machete hidden in a man's trouser leg after he fell over.
A teenager tried to run from police after they stopped the Vauxhall Corsa he was a passenger in.
He tripped and fell, and police have suggested his fall may have been because the machete in its sheath was hidden in his trouser leg.
The car was stopped in Merton High Street, between south Wimbledon and Colliers Wood, shortly after midnight this morning, Thursday, March 31.
U5:2 SW#TSG There is not a lot of jungle in @MPSMerton so what excuse did this suspect have ? #machete ^IB pic.twitter.com/ij3SpvXQvc
— MetTaskforce (@MetTaskforce) March 31, 2016
A substance believed to be cannabis and a set of scales were also found in the car.
Two young men, one aged 17 and the other in his early twenties, were arrested.
They were in custody at a south London police station this morning.
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