THREE Turkish men have been charged with firearms offences following the discovery of a loaded gun.

Police followed a car from outside a massage parlour in Walthamstow and stopped it in Ferry Lane, near Tottenham Hale tube station.

Yusuf Aslan, 20, of Oxford Close, lower Edmonton, Abdullah Cicekdegli, 25, of Marlborough Road, lower Edmonton, and Emre Kamalak, 24, of Chesthunte Road, Tottenham, are accused of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

They are due to appear at West London Magistrates Court today.

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