The international diamond market is a small community. Mr Shatford said officers from Kent Constabulary and the Met had spent months planning the operation to foil the raid. He said more than 100 officers had been involved in the operation, which began after a tip off was received. In a joint operation Kent police's serious crime unit arrested six more people in connection with the raid on the Dome on Tuesday morning. Cordoned off The arrests were made in the village of Collier Street and Horsmonden.
Several officers are still at the scene but no one was hurt during the operation.
All those arrested have been taken to police stations in South London. By 1200 GMT some areas of the Dome had re-opened, but other areas, including the Money Zone, remained cordoned off. I heard what sounded like automatic gunfire Andy Worth Eyewitness Andy Worth, who was in the Dome with a party of schoolchildren from Dorset said he was alerted by loud crashing noises. All the kids were having a meal in Macdonald's when there was a loud bang. I heard what sounded like automatic gunfire.