Officers have attended a disturbance this afternoon in which people reported seeing armed men wielding a gun, a machete and metal poles.
Police were called at 12:14pm to reports of a man with a gun in the market square of Enfield Town Centre.
One man was seen to assault an elderly woman outside a shoe shop and three men were seen in a confrontation with staff at a sports shop.
A number of men were seen to enter the shop with weapons before running off.
No weapons were seized but police investigations are ongoing.
One man was arrested for affray.
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