Police have discovered at least two kgs of skunk cannabis have been seized from a property in Croydon and two arrests made during a day of raids across London.

Up to 4,000 Safer Neighbourhood Officers, PCSOs and officers from the Police Dogs Unit are carrying out raids targeting drug dealers and other criminals as part of Operation Hawk on Thursday November 24.

Launching the operation today, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said: "The idea is that we take our intelligence to a magistrate ask for a warrant and 'put the doors in' as quickly as possible right across London.

"It's a renewed emphasis on Safer Neighbourhoods teams making the most of local intelligence and acting on it. To help us do this, we need to encourage communities to talk to us and report concerns, but then we must reward this trust, by delivering swift results and telling people what action we have taken.

"Operation Hawk demonstrates Total Policing at its best, working directly with the people we are here to protect.

"Communities are likely to see more operations of this kind from their Safer Neighbourhoods teams, who, through their ongoing engagement, will continue to address local crime and safety concerns to help make London safer."

The latest figures for the day are 191 arrests made with 111 for drugs.