The 19-year has now been jailed for 14 months after admitting to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage.
On the afternoon 17 May, officers from the Leytonstone Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) carried out a proactive search and drug dog operation at Leytonstone underground station and stopped Hamza Haddadi on the eastbound tube platform.
Haddadi was initially compliant and during the search, officers opened the zips to his hooded top and saw the handle of a large hunting knife.
It was at that point Haddadi tried to get away, as the doors to a train that had pulled into the platform opened.
Officers kept hold of him, but Haddadi resisted and elbowed an officer in the face, knocking off his glasses.
Haddadi was brought to the floor and handcuffed. A number of officers suffered minor injuries as a result of the scuffle.
In custody, Haddadi was searched and officers found another smaller switch blade knife hidden down his trousers.
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Haddadi and the knives officers found
