Cocaine, Cash & Gun Seized In East London Raid

Blow To Gangs: Cocaine Seized

Gang-busting cops seized this £3.5m haul of cocaine during an east London raid, also confiscating £100,000 cash and a loaded snub-nosed handgun.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Violent Crime Taskforce executed the search warrant at a residential arrest in Heather Gardens, Romford at 6pm.

The cocaine weighed-in at 70 kilos.

Three men, aged 24, 27 and 53 years-old, and two woman, aged 25 and 53 years-old were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to Supply Class A Cocaine, possession of Ccriminal property and possession of a firearm and ammunition.

All were held in custody at separate east London police stations.

Detective Superintendent Sean Yates said: “This search warrant was carried out as a result of officers acting on fast time intelligence about the supply of drugs to east London gangs.

“A seizure of cocaine on this scale will disrupt the flow of class A drugs into the capital and demonstrates the commitment of the Violent Crime Taskforce to combat all levels of criminality in London.

“A potentially lethal firearm has also been taken off the streets.”