Scotland Yard: Man With Firearm Arrested Inside Buckingham Palace

A man has been arrested at Buckingham Palace after allegedly trying to visit the royal residence with a Taser.

Police said a 38-year-old had been detained at the tourist hotspot in Westminster, London SW1A 1AA, UK, in central London, “on suspicion of possessing a firearm”.

Security staff at the palace initially apprehended the man at the visitor entrance shortly after 12.45pm on Sunday. source

Scotland Yard said he had been taken into custody at a police station in central London.

A statement from the Met Police said: “Police were called at 12:47hrs on Sunday, 23 September to a report of a man detained by security staff at the visitor entrance to Buckingham Palace.