ARMED police raided a home in Walthamstow yesterday, but were duped by a hoax caller who reported men carrying firearms inside.
Officers attended a house on Palmerston Road, Walthamstow, at about 6.20pm, but came away empty handed.
Palmerston Road and surrounding streets, Forest Road and Melbourne Road, were cordoned off.
One onlooker said: “There were about seven armed policeman in riot gear going inside.
“They were searching the building but they didn't bring anyone out.
“From what people were saying, they were looking for rifles but the people who live there were away.”
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