A man has scaled an Elephant and Castle housing block to escape police and is refusing to get down from a sixth floor balcony.
This morning (Wednesday, August 17), police conducting arrest enquiries attended a residential address at Albert Barnes House, Meadow Row.
The Met have said that evading officers, a male scaled the building prompting police to close off New Kent Road leading up to the Elephant and Castle roundabout.
Officers could be seen on the walkway of Albert Barnes House and had erected a cordon at Ash Avenue.
Police are on the scene and are continuing to engage with the male and cordons remain in place which may cause disruption.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to call 101 and quote CAD reference CAD 1571 of 17th August 2022. Alternatively they can call Crimestoppers.