Two drug-dealing snooker club bosses also caught storing two loaded guns at a nearby taxi firm have each been jailed for twelve years.
Police seized a SIG 9mm self-loading pistol and a Browning 9mm high-powered pistol plus ammo during a raid, which also netted cannabis and £5,000 in drug profits.
Ali Demirci, 30, of London Road, Enfield, North London (pic.top) and Metin Bolat, 30 (pic.bottom) were arrested on October 9, last year.
Demirci was convicted at Wood Green Crown Court on two counts of possessing a firearm, with intent to endanger life, three counts of possessing cannabis and possessing the proceeds of crime, namely £5,000.
Bolat was convicted of the same firearms offences, plus two counts of possessing cannabis.
The pair ran the Enfield snooker club as a front for their criminal activities and 96 bags of cannabis were found on the premises.
They rented a room at the next-door taxi office where further quantities of cannabis were found along with the two guns, stuffed inside a dressing-table drawers.
Detective Constable John Whiting of the Met Police’s Central Task Force said: “These men were storing guns and dealing drugs from their business properties in Enfield.
“This activity posed a significant risk to the community, which has now been eliminated by police to ensure public safety.
“We work tirelessly to keep drugs and guns off the streets and to bring men like this to justice.”
Demirci tried to fool police into believing the drugs cash found at his home was the result of his girlfriend’s recent insurance claim.
Balaclavas and scarves were also found in the taxi office, which police believe may have been used for criminal activity.
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