A man has been charged with multiple offences after officers from the Met’s Violent Crime...

Published: 4:27 pm November 14, 2020
Updated: 4:27 pm November 14, 2020
Man charged with Possession Scorpion sub machine gun and drug supply and over £200,000 in cash – UKNIP

A man has been charged with multiple offences after officers from the Met’s Violent Crime Taskforce stopped a vehicle in north London on the evening of Thursday, 12 November.

Azeem Ahktar, 29  of Cooper Road, NW10 was charged with:

– Possession of a firearm of length less than 30cm / 60cm – prohibited weapon, namely a Scorpion submachine gun;
– Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A (Heroin);
– Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class B (Cannabis Resin);
– Acquire / use / possess criminal property in regards to a substantive cash seizure estimated in the region of £200,000. 

He appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 14 November.

He was remanded to appear at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 11 December.

Two other men – aged 29 and 30 years old – have been bailed pending further enquiries.

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