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Five people have been arrested under conspiracy to commit GBH. (Picture: Twitter/Alec Thi)

Armed police closed off a section of Notting Hill this evening during an alleged anti-gang operation.

Residents were told not to leave their homes as balaclava-wearing officers searched the area.

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Metropolitan Police confirmed that the event was a ‘pre-planned operation’ by Trident officers.

Five people were arrested under conspiracy to commit GBH.


A number of knives were also confiscated.

‘There’s a police helicopter overhead with search lights and they’ve cordoned the road off.’ (Picture: Twitter/Mel Huseyin)

Parts of the Portobello Road were cordoned off and a helicopter hovered ahead during the operation.

One witness told the London Evening Standard: ‘In the main building across the square, the police are on the roof and in the scaffolding with guns and search lights.

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‘There’s a police helicopter overhead with search lights and they’ve cordoned the road off.’



A spokesman for the Met Police said: ‘At approximately 8pm, Trident officers conducted pre-planned operation in Colville Square.

‘Five were arrested on conspiracy to commit GBH. A number of knives were seized.’

The area has now been reopened.