The dramatic dawn operation involving two properties in Leytonstone and Walthamstow back in February was hailed by the Met as sending a strong message to violent gang members in the borough.
The raids were attended by borough commander Steve Wisbey and deputy mayor for policing in London Kit Malthouse and were widely covered by the media.
But now it has emerged that the 16-year-old youth arrested in the Leytonstone raid has been cleared.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been released on bail three times before officers decided to take no further action.
The second person to be arrested, a 17-year-old youth who was seized at the Walthamstow raid in Higham Hill, has been bailed for a fourth time to return to police in August.
Both youths were suspected of possessing a high tech gun disguised as a pen.
Police found the weapon on a pavement in West Street, Leytonstone, in November last year after a group of teenagers were seen running away from officers.
At the time of the raid, Detective Superintendent Ellie O'Connor from Waltham Forest Police said the doors of the properties broken into by officers would not be replaced or repaired by the force.
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