Officers in West Croydon carried out Operation Cleveland between Monday, 8 February and Sunday, 7 March, and made 171 arrests, mainly for drug or weapon-related offences, and recovered 43 weapons, including zombie and Rambo-type knives.
A number of teams, including the Croydon Town Centre Team, Violence Suppression Unit, the Broad Green and Fairfield Safer Neighbourhoods Teams, Met Police Specials, Roads and Transport Policing Command, Police Dogs and Mounted Branch took part in the extensive operation.
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