Guns In Garden Teen Behind Bars

A teenage armourer – who buried two pistols and ammo in his back garden – has been locked-up for five years after a surprise police raid.

Emiljan Shega, 19, (pictured) of Priory Gardens, Wembley, North West London had an image of himself pointing a lawnmower at the spot where the deadly cache was buried in the flowerbed.

The Metropolitan Police’s Central Task Force seized a German Rohm 9mm self-loading pistol (pictured), a Russian Baikal self-loading pistol, magazines, a silencer, 23 bullets, plus two rounds loaded with a noxious substance.

On July 7 police executed a search warrant at Shega’s address and at the edge of a flowerbed in the rear garden detectives recovered a large cling film package buried approximately 30-50cm below the surface containing the guns.

A mobile phone seized inside the house contained images of Shega seemingly mowing the lawn, but pointing the machine towards the spot the firearms were buried.

Officers believe he was pin-pointing the secret location to criminals who would be collecting the weapons, Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court was told.


Shega was eventually arrested in on September 3.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Beyer of the Central Task Force said: “Shega is a young criminal who believed he was being shrewd in concealing firearms in the garden.

“Unfortunately for him, he didn’t count on them being recovered by police and that his own stupidity - taking photos of the scene - would ultimately serve to assist in his incrimination.

“What he planned to do with the weapons is unclear, but I have no doubt they would have ended up in the hands of those involved in organised crime.

“In that sense this is a successful operation which has culminated in the removal of two loaded weapons from circulation.”