Jailed: Primary school teacher found with machine gun stashed in underwear drawer

Jailed: Aqsa Carvahlo
Met Police
Jamie Micklethwaite12 October 2016
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A primary school teacher and three other men have been jailed after a machine gun was found among a cache of weapons used by a drug dealing gang operating in west London.

Aqsa Carvalho, 26, her husband Robert Carvalho, and their two accomplices were jailed for a total of 65 years after officers uncovered their drug dealing operation.

The group was investigated by the police after officers saw bags being exchanging in Oxford Gardens, Uxbridge.

Officers searched the house of the husband and wife on Harriet Walker Way in Rickmansworth on March 21 and found three firearms in their bedroom, concealed in Aqsa Carvalho’s underwear drawer.

Deadly: This machine gun was found in Carvalho's underwear drawer
Met Police

The firearms uncovered were a Skorpion sub-machine pistol, a Makarov self-loading pistol and a revolver.

Ammunition for the guns was found in the magazine next to the weapon and more was located in another box.

Cash, a quantity of Class A drugs, along with a drugs grinder and scales, and a number of mobile phones were also located during the search.

Handed over: Police saw suspicious bags being passed to Abdul Ramzan
Met Police

A further search of an address at Trelawney Way, Slough, uncovered 80 rounds of ammunition and more mobile phones.

The Met’s Special Project Team’s DC Gill McLean said: “These are extremely dangerous individuals who were prepared to use lethal firearms to protect an illicit drug dealing business.

“I am pleased that they have now been jailed for a considerable period of time.”

Primary school teacher Aqsa Carvalho was jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of three counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

Convicted: Jamon Anwar pleaded not guilty to the offences
Met Police

Car salesman Robert Carvalho, 32, was jailed for 18 years after pleading guilty to the same charges.

Abdul Ramzan, 25, of Slough, admitted possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and was found guilty of three counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. He was given a 16-year sentence.

Jamon Anwar, 30, of Slough, was found guilty of three counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and was sentenced to 14 years.

Guilty: Robert Carvalho pleaded guilty to the three offences
Met Police

The group were all sentenced at Kingston Crown Court yesterday.

A fifth individual, Shifan Rizwan, was acquitted on all counts.

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