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Armed officers defending London Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag stuffed with firearms on the road exterior his residence in a severe safety lapse. It is believed 5 officers by accident deserted the holdall, which was found on the kerb at round 9.30pm on Tuesday.

A pregnant passer-by riskily kicked the bag earlier than telling her accomplice, who took within the haul, which included an MP5 semi-automatic Heckler and Koch ­carbine, a Glock pistol, a Taser and ammunition. Jordan Griffiths informed the Sun: “My partner saw the bag sitting in the road by the kerbside and became suspicious. She went over to it and kicked it to see what it might be. But it was really heavy and didn’t move.”

Jordan took a take a look at the bag and picked it up, noticing that it was fairly heavy. He thought it may be stuffed with cash, so he determined to deliver it inside his home. After opening the bag up, he “couldn’t believe his eyes”.

Lying free contained in the bag had been weapons of excessive capability, corresponding to one which fires as much as 800 rounds a minute, a weapon able to zapping targets with 50,000 volts, in addition to a pistol fitted with at the least 10 rounds.

He added that there was additionally a Taser and a pocket “which felt like it was full of bullets”.

After calling the police, Jordan was informed the bag had been left there by one in all Khan’s safety officers.

He stated the police turned up “within a few minutes” to gather the weapons. He added: “When they arrived, they were really shocked. They looked through the bag carefully and hurriedly took them away.

“I used to be informed that they had been left there by one in all Sadiq Khan’s safety officers, which made sense as he lives right here.”

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, told the Express: “This is a really severe incident, which has been referred to the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards. The Met should now take all steps to make sure an incident like this by no means happens once more.”

A Met Police spokesperson told the Sun: “At round 21:40hrs, a member of the general public known as police after discovering a bag containing Met-issued firearms and a Taser on a avenue in South London.

“Within seven minutes of the call, officers arrived at the scene and safely recovered the items. We are urgently reviewing the circumstances of this incident and recognise the concern it may cause.

“At this stage, it’s believed the bag was misplaced by on-duty officers a short while earlier than the member of the general public positioned it. An inside evaluate was instantly launched into the circumstances. Five officers have been faraway from frontline duties whereas these enquiries stay ongoing.”

It comes amid mounting pressure on Sadiq Khan over a spate of recent crime incidents across the capital.

Stuart Machin, chief executive of M&S, wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood after groups of teenagers reportedly organised mass shop raids, believed to be driven by online trends.

Meanwhile, six teenage ladies have been arrested following two separate incidents in Clapham.