Moment police officers find ENORMOUS knife hidden down youth's trousers when he frisks him on the Tube Officers pinned the young thug up against a shop window before finding blade Onlookers gasped and shouted 'Jesus' as the huge weapon was found in search The police frisked the youths at Woolwich Arsenal station in south east London British Transport Police arrested four men on suspicion of attempted robbery A spokesman added that one of them was nicked for allegedly carrying weapon By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 14:04 GMT, 6 December 2021 | Updated: 14:05 GMT, 6 December 2021 This is the terrifying moment police pull an enormous knife out of a youth's trousers after he got off the London Underground. Officers pinned the young thug up against a shop window before dragging the massive 'shank' out his joggers. Onlookers gasped and shouted 'Jesus' as the huge weapon was found during the search at Woolwich Arsenal station in the south east of the capital. The British Transport Police said they were called to reports of an attempted robbery and arrested four men, with one of them nicked for allegedly carrying a knife. Officers pinned the young thug up against a shop window before dragging the massive 'shank' out his joggers Another of the suspects was pinned by two officers facing away from the camera (pictured) Footage of the arrests showed masked officers separating the youths as they carried out their searches. The thugs yelled and squirmed at the policemen as they stood near a shop in handcuffs. One shouted: 'What the f*** have I done? What the f*** have I done? I've done nothing wrong.' One of the officers berated him for raising his voice to them before explaining why he was picked up. Another of the suspects was pinned by two officers facing away from the camera while a young man with a crutch sat on a bench with three policemen. But suddenly the first youth started yelling again, before the cameraman shouted: 'Oh my God.' Meanwhile a young man with a crutch sat on a bench with three policemen (pictured) And a fourth suspect was spoken to by officers before being arrested too (pictured) The young man said 'get off my n**' while one of the officers frisked him and pulled out the huge weapon from his trousers. The person recording the arrest said: 'Oh my f***ing God. I knew it, I f***ing knew it. Jesus Christ. Look at that shank man. Look at this f***ing shank.' He walked over and zoomed in on the enormous knife before two policemen moved him away. He told them 'I have a right to film' and they allowed him but asked him to move further back. The video was shared on the Facebook page Protect Our Children Patrol on December 3 following the incident at 6pm on November 30. The video was shared on the Facebook page Protect Our Children Patrol on December 3 following the incident at 6pm on November 30 The caption said: 'Check your kids bags. Check your kids rooms. Check your knife block/ drawers.' A British Transport Police spokesman said: 'Officers were called to Woolwich Arsenal station shortly before 6pm on 30 November following reports of an attempted robbery. 'Four young men were arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and following a search, one was further arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. 'They have been released on police bail while enquiries continue.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility