On Tuesday evening, police put up a cordon outside a block of flats near where the footage was recorded. The search was focused on the Poynders Court housing complex, and forensics officers could be seen examining the area.
Sniffer dogs were also used to search the nearby Oaklands Estate and gardens in surrounding streets, while other officers were lifting covers and searching drains along the A205.
The Met said it had received more than 120 calls from the public and had visited 750 homes in the area as part of the investigation.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told the PA news agency that he was in regular contact with the Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick about the investigation.
Khan added: “It is now in the public domain that a serving Met Police officer has been arrested. One of the things that this confirms that actually our police service, when it comes to keeping the public safe, when it comes to investigating crime, they work in a situation that is without fear or favour. They will follow the investigation to wherever it takes.”
Police search Kent locations as hunt for Sarah continues
"The man is a serving Metropolitan Police officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. His primary role was uniformed patrol duties of diplomatic premises.
"A woman, who is aged in her 30s, was also arrested on the evening of March 9 on suspicion of assisting the offender. She remains in custody.
"Officers are searching locations in London and Kent including a property in Deal and an area of woodland near Ashford.
"Following the arrest of the police officer, the Metropolitan Police has made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct."
ondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has issued a statement saying "all of our thoughts" are with Ms Everard's family and friends.
“It must be awful for them, they are in our thoughts and prayers. Actually Sarah went missing from near to where I live and we’ve seen, my wife and daughters walking around, the posters her friends have put up and it’s heart-breaking, it’s heart-wrenching," Mr Khan said.
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