Two men were arrested for allegedly wielding a stun gun during rush hour at a train station.
The men were seen with the tazer at Ilford station, Cranbrook Road, Ilford yesterday at about 9am.
When police arrived they could find no trace of the suspects but later arrested them at Fullwell Cross Baths, High Street, Barkingside for possession of a firearm at 10.30am.
They have been named as Eric Bango, 26 and Mohamed Ali, 28.
They have both been bailed and will return to an east London police station on August 1.
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