"Gun sighting" disrupts Jubilee service
A Jubilee line train travelling to Stratford was searched by police this morning after a report of a man concealing a gun.
Metropolitan Police officers scoured the eastbound train at West Ham following a tip off, but services returned to normal just before noon after no weapon was found.
The alarm was sounded at around 10.30am by a passenger who disembarked at Baker Street. Police liaised with London Underground to determine where the train might be at that stage, and boarded at West Ham station.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "A member of the public told police of a man on board an eastbound Jubilee line train at Finchley Road with what looked like a concealed gun.
"The train was held at West Ham while officers conducted a search. They found no cause for alarm and the train was sent on its way. Control was handed back to London underground at around 11.40am."
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