Scotland Yard is hunting a prankster in their ranks who filled an iron with urine in the locker room of one of London’s biggest police stations.
The culprit filled an iron, used for officers’ uniforms while on-duty, with urine at the locker room in Charing Cross police station in central London.
Now the force is probing two offences of criminal damage after the grim discovery last weekend, The Sun reported.
The Met is investigating one count of criminal damage over the iron prank, which would have left officers’ uniforms stained with body waste, and another over damage to an unknown piece of police equipment.
Senior officials at Britain’s biggest police force are now also checking weekend rotas to find out who could have carried out the act.
A force spokesperson said: “Police are investigating after two incidents of criminal damage that took place inside Charing Cross police station were reported on Saturday, 26 October.
“The incidents took place in an area that is not accessible to the public.
"Enquiries are ongoing.”
The incident at the station, which has Europe’s largest custody centre, has caused a stir among rank-and-file officers.
One retired Met detective chief inspector, Mick Neville, dubbed the mystery culprit the “Slasher of the Yard”.
He told the paper: “This has no doubt caused quite a stink. A joke’s one thing – but this is taking the ‘you-know-what.’
“The public are often moaning that officers look scruffy on the beat these days.
“But tampering with a steam iron like this would have left them smelling like a gents’ urinal if they’d used it to press their uniforms.”
If caught, the officer or staff member in question would likely face a gross misconduct hearing, and could be dismissed from the force without notice.
