Criminals and drug dealers were caught in an undercover sting after police officers posed as staff in a fake hip hop music shop

A total of 37 armed criminals and drug dealers, including 30 gang members, have been jailed for a total of more than 400 years following the sting operation in the shop, called Boombox, in Edmonton, north London. Codenamed Operation Peyzac, the £500,000 operation involved undercover officers kitting out as a fully-operating rap and hip hop music store, with a private back room which was used to carry out deals with drug and gun sellers, and the store was wired with CCTV and recording equipment. The shop operated for more than 12 months and officers, who were trained in the sort of music they were selling, were able to film the trading of firearms, ammunition and drugs. It should not be too surprising that most of those arrested were black.