Police have issued a dispersal order as hundreds of people gather for a 'mini-festival' in south east London
Police have issued a dispersal order as hundreds of teenagers gathered for a 'mini-festival' in south east London.
The order gives Metropolitan police officers the power to ask people to leave or seize weapons from anyone gathered at Cutty Sark in Greenwich.
Social media users took to Twitter to share images and footage of hundreds of teenagers defying lockdown restrictions on Saturday night.
The ground was so heavily littered with empty bottles, glass could be heard clinking together as it was kicked along the tarmac in one short clip of the event.
The order gives Metropolitan police officers the power to ask people to leave or seize weapons from anyone gathered at Cutty Sark in Greenwich
One clip showed groups of youngsters defying social distancing and lockdown measures to socialise in an open space
A large area around south east London was subject to the police dispersal notice
The dispersal order will allow police to ask people to leave the area until 6am tomorrow
One passerby captioned their video: 'I'm just trying to get home. London we're supposed to be on a lockdown.'
The clip showed groups of youngsters defying social distancing and lockdown measures to socialise in an open space.
The police dispersal order will be in place until 6am.
Social media users took to Twitter to share images and footage of hundreds of teenagers defying lockdown restrictions on Saturday night
Social media users took to Twitter to warn others a large group of youngsters were defying lockdown rules to spend Saturday night with a DJ
Another social media user, Dan Carroll, tweeted photographs of the impromptu festival, where loud music was played. He wrote: 'Seems lockdown is over in Greenwich tonight. A couple hundred 16-17-18 year olds have turned up for a party, complete with a DJ.'
Josh Baker tweeted: 'Down at the cutty sark is like a mini festival.'
One mother said: 'Tried to take daughter out for skating in cutty sark gardens for exercise at 630pm - broken glass everywhere, large groups congregating and people using the gardens as a toilet.
'Absolutely vile, I pity the poor blokes who go round collecting the rubbish tomorrow.'
Eden Dejo said: 'I'm so confused is Greenwich not on lockdown?'