Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Violent Crime Task force apprehended the 17 year-old youth.
They were on patrol in Vicarage Lane East Ham at around 1.00am on Wednesday, January 13 when they noticed a male acting suspiciously in the street.
When officers approached the male made off.
He was pursued by officers and detained in nearby Becket Avenue.
A search was conducted and the knife seized.
The youth was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and was taken into custody.
Sergeant Ben Mullender, of the Violent Crime Taskforce, said: "There can be no excuse for someone to be carrying a knife like this on our streets.
"My officers in the Violent Crime Taskforce are relentless in their efforts to tackle knife crime and thanks to them another weapon has been removed from the streets that may otherwise have been used to harm someone."
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