Man jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to possession of firearm and drugs

-

 A man was jailed for seven years at Inner London Crown Court after a loaded handgun was seized by officers executing a firearms warrant.

Leonard Paynter, 30 (08.04.90) of Stanthorpe Road, Streatham, was sentenced on Wednesday, 17 March after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm, two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (heroin and cocaine) and possession with intent to supply Class B drugs (cannabis).

On Wednesday, 29 January 2020 officers from Viper, part of the Met’s Specialist Crime, executed a warrant issued under Section 46 Firearms Act 1968, at a bedsit in Stanthorpe Road, Streatham.

Paynter was found inside and was arrested.

A quantity of heroin and cocaine was seized, as well as several phones. Car keys were also found inside the bedsit which were linked to a car parked nearby. Officers searched the car and found a loaded handgun underneath the driver’s seat.

Investigations later revealed the handgun was a copy of a .32 calibre Belgian FN Browning model 1922 self-loading pistol and was in working order.

Detective Inspector Richard Mullan, from the Met’s Viper team, said: “This case demonstrates the intrinsic link between drug supply and serious violence. The gun was stored in a position where it would have been instantly accessible to the driver of the car and was ready to fire.

“Viper was launched by the Met in May 2016 against a backdrop of increasing gun crime, including firearm discharges across London. We develop and action firearms intelligence to recover firearms and disrupt offenders.

“To date we have recovered 415 firearms, 238 of which are lethal barrelled weapons, from search warrants and other activities. We will continue to relentlessly pursue those intent on possessing dangerous weapons and causing harm in our communities. I would urge anyone with information about someone who may be carrying a weapon to contact police immediately whether in person or anonymously.”

Paynter was also sentenced to 12 months (to run concurrently) for possession of cannabis with intent to supply for a separate incident on 29 January 2019. On this occasion officers executed a warrant at an address in Croydon. 2.23kg of skunk cannabis was seized from the address and a BMW parked outside. A mobile phone with text messages indicating drug supply was also seized.

source

drugs seized in multi task force operation 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Eight charged following drugs warrants in Tower Hamlets

-
Image
  Detectives have charged eight people with drug-related offences following early morning warrants that were conducted in Tower Hamlets on Wednesday, 16 December. All appeared in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court and have been dealt with as follows: [A] Junel Ahmed, 25 (24.01.95), of Tower Hamlets, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) and was remanded in custody to appear Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 14 January. [B] Shuhel Ahmed, 30 (19.03.90), of Tower Hamlets, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) and was bailed to attend Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 14 January. [C] Mamun Ali, 39 (15.03.81), of Tower Hamlets, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine). He was remanded in custody to appear Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 14 January. [D] Mizanur Rahman, 28 (16.10.92), of Tower Hamlets, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (her...
Read more

Man jailed for 11 years after 15kilos of cocaine discovered in Ilford

-
Image
  A locksmith has been jailed after officers recovered £1.5million worth of Class A drugs that were concealed in an elaborate hide. Alex Guest, 40 (01.03.81) of Boleyn Way, Ilford, was sentenced to 11 years and three months’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday, 30 March. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) and possession of criminal property at the same court on 30 June 2020. On Monday, 20 April 2020 at about 19:20hrs officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, supported by officers from the ANPR Interceptor Units, stopped a van on the M11 southbound, near the junction with the A406, in Redbridge, as part of an intelligence-led operation targeting the supply of Class A drugs. Officers searched the van and found an elaborate hide. The hidden compartment was concealed within a partition wall of the van and was operated by hydraulic arms, behind locksmith cutting equipment, to disguise its presence. Within the hide, office...
Read more

Drugs, cash and a firearm seized during multi-force raids across UK

-
  Approximately £150,000 cash, 20kgs of Class A and B drugs and a suspected firearm have been seized as part of a multi-police force operation that has been months in the making. The drugs recovered were heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis. The suspected handgun was recovered at an address in Foxley Close, E8. The warrants were executed in London, all the way across to Bristol, down to Plymouth and stretching up to Aberdeen in northeast Scotland. Officers from the Met, Kent Police, Essex Police, Avon and Somerset Police, Devon and Cornwall Police and Police Scotland executed 29 warrants on the morning of Wednesday, 24 March to arrest individuals involved in the sale and distribution of Class A and B drugs. 20 of the addresses where the warrants were executed are within London. 16 people, aged between 25 and 43, were arrested and taken into custody. The arrests were on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs; one of those detained has also been arrested on susp...
Read more