A woman was tasered by police during a raid on a house in south London last night.

Officers used the electroshock weapon as they targeted the property in Commonside East, Mitcham just before midnight.

The woman, who was taken to hospital but later discharged, has since been arrested and is now in custody at a south London police station, Scotland Yard said.

Eight others, including six men and two women, were also arrested in the raid on suspicion of firearms and drugs offences.

They are aged between 18 and 54, police said.

A Scorpion sub-machine gun, which police said is capable of shooting 850 rounds a minute, and 70 rounds of ammunition, were found at the address.

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Two magazine clips, £3,000 and a large quantity of cannabis were also seized by officers.

Scotland Yard said it was not treating the investigation as gang related.

Detective Superintendent Damian Allain of the Trident Gang Crime Command, which investigates gun related crime in London, said: "This is another example of the proactive ability of Trident to identify and recover illegally held firearms.

"[The sub-machine gun] is an extremely dangerous weapon capable of shooting 850 rounds a minute. In the wrong hands this firearm is deadly and is now safely off the streets of the capital."