Swarms of police officers, police riverboats and a helicopter have all been spotted near Richmond Bridge after the reported theft of a motorbike.

Police are hunting a suspect after they were called to reports of a man stealing a vehicle earlier this afternoon.

A spokesman for the Met Police said: “We were called to Richmond Bridge at 2.35pm to reports of a man stealing a motorbike.

“He has abandoned the bike and is now on foot.”

Witnesses said they saw a car chase and lots of police activity.

Siobhan Pestano tweeted: "Lots of police officers, two police riverboats and one circling helicopter near Richmond Bridge."

Colin McQuade tweeted: "Car chase, car abandoned, lots of police running after some blokes."

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