London: One by one, rioters who ran amok on the streets of London and other cities are being arrested as police officials, aided by CCTV images, came knocking on doors from Thursday morning even as courts sat through the night to dispense justice expeditiously.
As Prime Minister David Cameron declared in the House of Commons on Thursday, "We will track you down, we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish you. You will pay for what you have done."
Among those who participated in the rioting is an 11-year-old girl in Nottingham, reflecting the fact that most of those responsible were in their teens or younger.
Those arrested included youngsters who attend grammar schools or are employed. More than 100 arrest warrants were executed out today morning in London, the police said.
Arrests and speedy delivery of justice were also taking place in other riot-hit towns such as Birmingham, Nottingham and Manchester.
Stephen Kavanagh, Metropolitan Police's Deputy Assistant Commissioner, said some of his colleagues were disappointed with the light sentences given to looters so far.
He told BBC: "That has been personally raised by me and others, and the commissioner I know has also raised it, so we will move through those issues and I am confident we will get the support of the courts."
He said the huge policing presence on the streets would continue for another night, and would then be reviewed.
Speaking to newsperson after Thursday's meeting of the government's emergency committee, London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "Nobody should be in any doubt that the problem is over or that we are remotely complacent about this. (You) cannot be complacent. We have had very, very serious incidents of disorder."
He added: "There are people out there who mean this city no good. They will continue to face the full force of the law, they will continue to face very robust policing."
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg denied claims that the government spending cuts had anything to do with the extent of the rioting.
He said: "I think it's totally ludicrous to claim that young people are smashing up shops and stealing items of clothing because of cuts - many of which haven't even happened yet."
Clegg said the riots were an indication that "something is going seriously wrong" in parts of society and pointed to a "smash and grab" culture.
He said: "Undoubtedly when people have so little sense of obligation towards their own neighbourhoods that they actually go out and trash them, something is going seriously wrong. Of course it is a deep question which we need to look at in the weeks and months ahead. But it's also a rather specific question now of asserting...that if you indulge in criminality you will face consequences."
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