A 26-year-old man, Oluwatobi Sunmonu, who was a member of an organised crime network, was jailed at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 26 April for nine years and three months. According to Metropolitan Police, Oluwatobi Sunmonu, of Artillery Place, Woolwich was arrested as a result of an intelligence-led investigation carried out by security operatives.
His co-conspirators, Toni Ferry and Iyisha Levine, were also arrested.
On 20 May 2017, officers searched a room at the Queens Hotel Bayswater where they found four bags locked with padlocks. The bags were found to contain: – Five handguns; – One semi-automatic firearm; – One silencer; – A large quantity of live ammunition; – A large quantity of component parts of ammunition; – A large quantity of Class A drugs (cocaine and heroin).
The drugs were valued at approximately £152,000.
Detectives also discovered a false driving licence in the name of Thomas Corleone. The picture on the licence was of Sunmonu, who they identified after reviewing CCTV at the hotel. He was arrested by officers at a later date.
Ferry, Sunmonu’s girlfriend, had assisted in renting and paying for the hotel room where the drugs, firearms and ammunition were stored. The group paid in excess of £28,000 to rent the room over one year and five months.
Officers also discovered a number of firearms had been purchased and delivered to Ferry’s home address in Islington.
Oluwatobi Sunmonu and Toni Ferry, 23, were both charged with:- Seven counts of conspiracy to enable others to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life; – One count of conspiracy to enable others to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life; – Two counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply (cocaine and heroin).
Sunmonu pleaded guilty to all offences.