Dramatic moment armed police Taser robber after high-speed chase through busy north London streets
- In the footage officers can be seen racing down a bustling road in Haringey
- Their sirens are blaring while they follow the suspects in a blue Ford Fiesta
- The dramatic video was posted by MPS Firearms Command on social media
This is the dramatic moment armed police Taser a suspected robber after a high-speed chase through busy north London streets.
In the footage officers can be seen racing down a bustling road in Haringey with sirens blaring while following what appears to be a blue Ford Fiesta.
The driver of the vehicle races through a red light and is hit by a member of the public driving a people carrier.
The suspects stop momentarily and one of the occupants jumps out of the car, before the Fiesta starts to move again.
Officers quickly leap out of the vehicle and one of them brandishes a taser shouting ‘get down, get down, get down’ at the suspects.
He opens the rear side passenger door and grabs the door before saying ‘taser, taser taser’ and using the weapon on the suspected robber.
The dramatic video was posted by MPS Firearms Command who said the occupants of the vehicle had allegedly punched someone in the face and stolen their tools.
They then threw the tools as the police as the attempted to apprehend them.
In the footage officers can be seen racing down a bustling road in Haringey with sirens blaring while following what appears to be a blue Ford Fiesta
An officer opens the rear side passenger door and grabs the door before saying ‘taser, taser taser’ and using the weapon on the suspected robber
All three of the suspects were detained and two of them were tasered.
The full tweet from MPS Firearms Command posted today said: ‘Yesterday, in the @MPSHaringey, our #SCO19 Trojan Proactive Unit officers located and pursued a vehicle whose occupants had punched their victim in the face in order to steal his tools, which were then thrown at police.
‘All 3 suspects were detained, 2 with the use of Taser’
Met Police have been approached for further comment.