The UK police says keeping watch on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sucking its resources. <\/p>\n
We are reviewing how we can do that differently in the future because its sucking our resources in, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe told LBC radio. <\/p>\n
Hogan-Howe also said Met is reviewing guarding tactics as it faces funding cuts. <\/p>\n
We wont talk explicitly about our tactics, but were reviewing what options we have, he added. <\/p>\n
Hefty price tag <\/p>\n
Figures disclosed to LBC radio suggest that UK police has spent some 10m on guarding Assange, who has been holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in central London. <\/p>\n
The whistleblower has been locked in the embassy since June 2012 and faces arrest if he leaves the site. <\/p>\n
British police have been standing guard outside the embassy to prevent Assange from escaping. <\/p>\n
Back in 2014, Scotland Yard confirmed that the security costs reached 9m in the first 28 months. The cost of a further three months policing is estimated to have taken the total figure to about 10m. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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