Guns disguised as pens seized in home raids in East London
The weapons were recovered from the homes of two young men in Waltham Forest, east London, today.
Members of the Met's Territorial Support Group arrested the suspects on suspicion of possessing a firearm and ammunition.
A 16-year-old was arrested at a house in Orange Grove, Leytonstone, and a 17-year-old was held in Higham Street, Walthamstow.
The older boy was also held on drugs offences after suspected class A drugs were found and handling stolen goods.
The raids, code-named Operation Cinnamon, were launched after police found a pen gun wrapped in a sock after splitting up a gang on the street last November.
Several different types of pen guns are available in the United States, but only one design is legal because it looks like a pistol."
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