Sunday, 14 October 2012

Gangbusting Cops Catch Armed Drug Dealer


A drug dealer, caught with £300,000 worth of cocaine by police, who also found the hiding place for his illegal stockpile of firearms, has been jailed for twelve years.
Syed Hussain, 31, (pictured) of Beaufort Close, Chingford, East London was arrested when officers from the Met's Trident Gang Crime Command raided his home.
Detective Constable James Barber said: “Hussain has without question accumulated an astonishing quantity of weaponry and drugs, determining himself to be a dangerous individual.
“There is no doubt that Hussain had every intention to cause serious harm with these items in his possession.
“Our officers deserve huge credit for this intervention which followed a skilled and detailed investigation.”
Following an intelligence-led operation officers executed a search warrant on March 15 at Hussain's home address.
Inside the address officers found Hussain along with 58g of cocaine, self-seal bags containing cannabis and approx £1,600 cash.
A key was seized, which allowed access to an address in Forest Gate, which Hussain claimed to have visited days before as a 'handyman'.
After Hussain's arrest, officers used this key to enter a utility room on Kebble Terrace at which a hand gun, a silencer, a sawn-off shot gun, and ammunition were seized.
In addition 137 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of heroin and a further £1,680 cash were recovered.

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