Drug dealer who stockpiled submachine guns at north London flat jailed for 16 years Anthony France
A drug dealer who stockpiled two submachine guns and 300 rounds of ammunition at his flat has been jailed for 16 years.
Terrence O’Connor, 25, hid the Uzi 9mm and Czech-made .32 Skorpion in a holdall behind a false wall panel in Edgware, north London, as pictured below.
Police also recovered a silencer, £143,000 in cash and one kilo of cocaine valued at £36,000.
An automatic Uzi is capable of firing up to 600 rounds a minute.
In April last year, O’Connor met a suspect who was under surveillance as part of a money laundering investigation, a court heard yesterday.
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Terence O Connor A BOLTON man has been jailed after police discovered a hidden cache of sub machine guns and ammunition as well as cocaine and more than £140,000 at a property in London. Terence O Connor first came to police attention after he was seen handing over what was thought to be a large bag of cash to a suspect. But after officers arrested him and searched a flat in Edgware the 25-year-old was linked to, they discovered a false wall panel, behind which was a holdall containing a fully-functioning 9mm Uzi sub machine gun and a .32 auto Skorpion sub-machine gun plus ammunition and a silencer.
Terence O Connor with the machine guns, cash and hiding space in the flat A BOLTON man has been jailed after police discovered a hidden cache of sub machine guns and ammunition as well as cocaine and more than £140,000 at a property in London. Terence O Connor first came to police attention after he was seen handing over what was thought to be a large bag of cash to a suspect. But after officers arrested him and searched a flat in Edgware the 25-year-old was linked to, they discovered a false wall panel, behind which was a holdall containing a fully-functioning 9mm Uzi sub machine gun and a .32 auto Skorpion sub-machine gun plus ammunition and a silencer.
Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police
A man has been jailed after specialist officers discovered a cache of automatic firearms and ammunition hidden in his home, as well as a large quantity of Class A drugs and more than £140,000 in cash.
Terence O’Connor, 25 (03.12.95), of Webb Street, Bolton, was sentenced to 16 years, three months at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, 10 May following an intelligence led investigation conducted by the Met’s Proactive Money Laundering Team.
At Harrow Crown Court on 21 August 2020, O’Connor pleaded guilty to:
Two counts of possession of a Class A drug (cocaine);
Being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug (cocaine);
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Seen here Tuesday, cones and solar-powered lights stand in place of power poles that have been removed along James Street and Riverside Drive as part of an ongoing project in downtown Clayton. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times
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Seen here Tuesday, cones and solar-powered lights stand in place of power poles that have been removed along James Street and Riverside Drive as part of an ongoing project in downtown Clayton. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times