Ealing (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Met Police seized drug-linked items from a Greenford Broadway shop after officers said the business ignored a formal warning to stop selling the products.
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the Greenford Broadway Safer Neighbourhood Team, assisted by the Safer Communities team of Ealing Council, visited the store in response to complaints concerning the sale of dangerous and illicit items.
Officers stated that they had previously instructed the company not to have equipment related to the manufacture, use, or distribution of illicit narcotics on hand.
Police have not named the shop, saying only:
“The investigation will now continue, and further updates will be issued in due course.”
The Metropolitan Police said that despite the warning, the products were still for sale.
In accordance with Section 9A of the Misuse of Drugs Act, which makes it illegal to sell or provide items meant to administer or prepare banned narcotics, officers took them.
A spokesperson for the team said:
“We always try to engage and work with local businesses first and support them to operate legally. However, where guidance is ignored and products continue to be sold unlawfully, enforcement action will be taken.”
The operation, according to the police, was part of larger initiatives to lessen drug-related harm, protect vulnerable individuals, and keep the area safe for locals, businesses, and tourists.
What is community impact and follow up policing in Ealing after the seizure?
Following the medicine- related seizure in Greenford, Ealing, community impact and follow- up policing include multiple focused measures to maintain public safety and confidence. The Safer Ealing Partnership emphasizes neighborhood policing as crucial to crime forestallment, deterrence, community engagement, and consolation.
Council- funded visionary brigades conduct focused tasking cycles to attack specific issues similar to medicine haggling, with an emphasis on dismembering felonious networks and reducing anti-social behaviour that affects community good. Engagement and communication with residents are prioritized to make trust and encourage reporting of crime.
Examinations of seized particulars are followed by efforts to help reoccurrence, involving multi-agency hookups between police, council, and community stakeholders. These conduct are part of wider strategies outlined in policing and crime reduction frameworks.