Five men have been charged following the seizure of £5.1 million in cash by Specialist Crime officers.

Sergejs Auzins, 46, of Windward Road, Rochester, is the latest man to be charged with conspiracy to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer/remove criminal property, after the cash was seized from an address in Fulham during a police operation.

He was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 15, and has been remanded to appear in custody at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday August 14.

The arrest follows that of Serwan Ahmadi, 34, of Pycroft Way, Edmonton; and Ali Eshaghian, 39, of Wilkinson Close, Cricklewood, Brent, who were were arrested and charged with the same offence on Tuesday, July 14.

Both men appeared in custody at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, July 15 and were remanded to appear at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday, August 12.

Previously, Ruslan Shamsutdinov, 35, of Selcroft House, Glenister Road, Hackney; and Aleksands Krasijevs, 55, of Darenth Road, Welling, Kent, were arrested on Friday, June 5, and charged the following day with the same offence.

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