A man has been charged with drugs, firearms and money laundering offences after officers from a joint Organised Crime Partnership arrested him in Ilford and searched a nearby property.

Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership, a joint unit from the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police, arrested 29-year-old Muhamet Qosja after pulling over a vehicle in Melbourne Road on Tuesday, October 13.

Police conducted a search of a nearby address in Valentines Road and seized items as part of their investigation.

Mr Qosja is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on October 15.