A man who appeared to be a Metropolitan Police officer was seen disguised as a Deliveroo rider in London this weekend while carrying out police work.

The photograph, which was shared on Twitter and has received almost 2,100 retweets, shows the man wearing a jacket worn by cyclists and drivers who work for the food delivery company Deliveroo. The man also appears to be wearing a police radio and a body-cam, and standing next to a police van and a bike.

The photo was taken by VICE writer Simon Doherty, who spotted the man while sitting outside Pret a Manger in Finsbury Park, north London this weekend.

Doherty didn’t think anything of the Deliveroo rider until a police van pulled up and officers began communicating with the man in the jacket.

VICE News understands that Deliveroo has supported specific Met operations in the past and will continue to do so.

“I noticed that the ‘Deliveroo rider’ was talking into a radio and to the police,” Doherty said. “Then I realised it was a police officer, not a Deliveroo guy.”

Doherty also claims he saw the man in the Deliveroo jacket tell two young men to stop swearing.

Deliveroo declined to comment when approached by VICE News.

This isn’t the first example of police offers using the Deliveroo uniform on duty. In 2018, the Guardian revealed that police officers were posing as Deliveroo drivers as part of a covert operation to combat surging moped crimes, mainly in London. At the time, the Met Police said it could not “confirm or deny” the operation.

In August, popular Twitter account @Imjustbait shared a video of what appears to be a group of police officers, one of whom is dressed in a Deliveroo cycling top. The police officer jokes, “It’s my second job, innit.”

VICE News approached the Metropolitan Police for comment, but they had not responded at the time of publishing. This article will be updated if they respond.