 England are set to play Denmark in a friendly match in Copenhagen |
Police are mounting a major operation at two London airports in an attempt to stop known or potential troublemakers travelling to an England football game. Officers will be patrolling Heathrow and City airports ahead of, and in the days after, Wednesday's international friendly match in Denmark.
Anyone caught breaking football bans or whom police believe are travelling to cause trouble will be arrested.
Sgt Dave Hine said they wanted to keep "football for the fans and not thugs".
"Those who intend to travel abroad and commit acts of violence using the name of football in vain will be dealt with robustly," he said.
"This operation shows that we do take their criminality seriously and that we do act on information given to us about individuals who are intent on causing trouble."
Officers from the Met's Football Intelligence Unit will be at the airport for five days from Tuesday as part of Operation Gallium.
A similar operation is being run at Manchester Airport.
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