Met Police Officers in hackney have to tonight recovered what they believed was a firearm, turns out it wasn’t.

The gun turns out to be a dangerous weapon.

Officers have arrested a male who is currently in police custody.

First stop of the night in #LondonFields @MPSHackney. Thought we had a gun, turns out to be a knife! Male arrested. pic.twitter.com/t4ap5MnNqR

— Stoke Newington Neighbourhood Team (@MPSStokeNewton) January 10, 2015