Man charged after police find three guns after stopping taxi in north London

A MAN has been charged with firearms offences after three hand guns were found in a carrier bag after police stopped a taxi.

Harold Bizuru, 20, of Bowes Road, Palmers Green, north London, was today charged with three counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, a firearm; three counts of possession of a firearm in a public place;

possession of 29 rounds of ammunition and possession of class B drugs.

SEIZED: The three handguns found after the taxi was stopped (Met Police)

Bizuru was arrested just after 7pm on Friday, March 20 after officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime North unit, with support from specialist firearms officers, stopped a taxi on Elvendon Road, in Palmers Green.

He was later charged and will appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Monday.