Six “dangerous” men have been jailed for offences involving guns.

In the early hours of Friday, June 17, 2023, an “urgent” warrant was executed by police where they found three guns and ammunition hidden in a shoebox in a garage.

Intelligence the Metropolitan Police have developed led them to suspect the possession of an illegal firearm at the home address of David Messenger.

30-year-old David Messenger was arrested and police then accessed some deleted conversations from Snapchat between him and 29-year-old Jordan Joseph.

The messages showed Joseph asking Messenger to store the weapons and bring them to the funeral Lemar Urquhart – who was shot dead in Brixton back in October 2022.

Later the same day, police found that a gang associate, 25-year-old Chuckiel Simms, and another person were travelling in a taxi towards Wandsworth Cemetery for the same funeral.

Police stopped the taxi and found a gun with ammunition as well as a folding pocket knife.

Both men were arrested and taken to Wandsworth police station.

On the same day after this had happened, police stopped another vehicle with “gang associates” Nyron Johnson-Cross, 31, Demare Vassell, 28, and Jordan Jones, 31, inside.

They had been to the same funeral.

A gun and ammunition were found in the vehicle as well as a series of knives and class A drugs.

Police listened to an audio recording from the driver’s internal dash cam which had picked up conversations between the three men.

These conversations included discussions about where the gun was, who was in possession of it, their disappointment at only having one and how to prevent DNA transference onto the firearm.

Chuckiel Simms, of Blacktree Mews, Lambeth was sentenced to nine years nine months imprisonment at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday, July 30.

He was found guilty for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of ammunition and possession of a knife.

David Messenger, of Clapham Manor Street, Clapham was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, June 28 for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Jordan Joseph, of Acorn Walk, Southwark was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, June 28 for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Nyron Johnson-Cross, of Corrance Road, Lambeth, Demare Vassell, of Cleeve Road, Surrey, and Jordan Jones, of Stretton Road, Croydon were all sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

All three were jailed for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, May 24.

Detective Superintendent Victoria Sullivan said: “We’ve seen time and time again that guns destroy lives and communities. The shootings in recent months in parts of London are a terrible reminder of this.

“I am immensely proud of the officers involved in this painstaking investigation for going above and beyond to make London safe by removing these dangerous offenders from the capital.

"The Met’s sustained work on firearms shows our commitment to making London a safer place. That progress and the success of this investigation should serve as a message to criminals and gang members using firearms - we will come after you and we will bring you to justice.”

Anyone with information relating to firearms or shootings is asked to call 101, while information can also be provided anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.