Two men caught with a machine pistol have been jailed following a dramatic police chase across Battersea and the halting of an aeroplane at Heathrow.

Perrie Reese-Mason Ogodo, 20, and Israel Ankers, 23, fled after officers saw them accept a suspicious package from a teenager at 7pm on Wednesday, September 30.

Detectives tried to stop their car in Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, and in a desperate attempt to escape they mounted the pavement and collided with a lamp post.

After scrambling out of their car, they fled the scene.Inside the car officers found a rucksack containing a MAC10 machine pistol.

The weapon, capable of a fire rate of a thousand rounds a minute, was stored next to a magazine containing 17 rounds of ammunition.

Officers arrested Ankers in nearby Lurline Gardens shortly afterwards, while the boy, who was just 16, was arrested at his home in Lambeth later that evening.

Meanwhile, with Ogodo still on the run, police circulated his details across the country.

On October 1, they found out he had boarded a flight at Heathrow airport and dramatically halted his aeroplane just before take-off.

Stunned passengers watched as armed officers raced on board and arrested him.

On May 7, Kingston Crown Court found both Ogodo and Ankers guilty of possession of a firearm and ammunition - with intent to endanger life.

Officers later revealed it was the 16-year-old that led them to their men, as he was witnessed at 4.40pm on September 30 collecting a rucksack at a block of flats in Lambeth.

The boy then went to garages in Winchester Close, Lambeth, where the sound of a gun being cocked was heard.

They then followed him to Kennington, where he handed over the package to the two men.

On Monday, June 14, Ogodo, of Wandle Way, Earlsfield, was ordered to serve a minimum of 6 years, while Ankers, of Lucien Road, Tooting, was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment.

The 16-year-old, from Lambeth, was found guilty of possessing a prohibited weapon and possession of ammunition.

He was sentenced on the May 28 to a two-year detention and training order.

Detective Inspector Angela Phillips, from the Metropolitan Police Trident unit, said: "These convictions are as a result of diligent detective work and I am pleased that these obviously dangerous individuals have been removed from the streets of London."