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The Met launched an investigation following the explosion on December 6 (Picture: Nick Edwards)

Two men have been arrested by counter-terrorism police who are investigating the explosion of a ULEZ camera with an improvised bomb.

The device, located in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, south-east London, was blown up at around 6.45pm on December 6 – just hours after it was installed.

It was one of the most dramatic examples of backlash against the expansion of the controversial scheme, which aims to reduce air pollution in the capital.

The Metropolitan Police said the damage had been done by a ‘low-sophistication improvised explosive device (IED)’.

Nobody was hurt by the explosions, but vehicles and a nearby house were damaged.

A 60-year-old man from the area close to where the camera was blown up was arrested just after 6am today on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or property.

At 6.15am, a 61-year-old man was also arrested in Horsham, West Sussex, on the same grounds as well as on suspicion of criminal damage.

Scotland Yard said both remained in custody at a police station in south London while searches take place at two addresses in Sidcup and Horsham.

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Police said the camera had been damaged by an improvised explosive device (Picture: Nick Edwards)

Detective Chief Superintendent Trevor Lawry, Commander for the Bexley area, said: ‘The explosion could easily have had far more harmful consequences, and today’s arrests highlight just how seriously the Met is treating the incident.

‘My local officers are continuing to work with and support the Counter Terrorism Command who are leading the investigation due to their specialism in dealing with incidents involving the use of explosives.’

After the incident, a spokesman for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: ‘This grotesquely irresponsible behaviour puts both lives and property at risk.’

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The house appeared to be the only one damaged on its terrace.

A 30kg package of cocaine washed up in Goring (Picture: Eddie Mitchell)

A bag of cocaine worth £2 million has been found on a West Sussex beach – the fourth time a large quantity of drugs has been found washed up this month.

Armed police have started patrolling the section of the shore in Goring, West Sussex, after a member of the public found the 30kg bag of the class A drug yesterday.

Two weeks ago dozens of packages marked ‘POPI’ containing £1.2 million worth of cocaine were found washed up in Ferring, West Sussex.

More sealed parcels were found on beaches in Felpham and Middleton just one day later.

Another batch of cocaine was discovered in Selsey last Thursday.

It comes after a fisherman found kilos of cocaine floating the sea near Durdle Door, Dorset, on October 2.

A group of litter-pickers later stumbled across a second batch on the west coast of the Isle of Wight.

The packages are believed to have been dumped by smugglers in the Solent earlier this month.

Armed police are now patrolling the area (Picture: Eddie Mitchell)

A witness said the parcel found yesterday looked identical to the ones from previous cocaine discoveries.

‘The police quickly bagged it up and whipped it off the beach at about 11am,’ they told MailOnline.

‘There were eight armed officers who helped seal the beach off.

‘I’d heard it was about 30kg or so. It was definitely the same bag as the load found in Middleton and the Isle of Wight.’

Sussex Police said: ‘Police were called to Goring yesterday following reports of suspected drugs washing up on the beach.

‘The packages will be taken for forensic testing along with the substances which were found in Selsey on October 19, Middleton and Felpham on October 13 and Ferring on October 12.

‘An investigation is ongoing alongside partner agencies to find the source of the substances.

‘The public are reminded of the dangers of illegal drugs and urged not to touch or attempt to remove them. Please report any sightings to police by calling 999.’

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