Pubdate: 29 July 1999 Source: Examiner, The (Ireland) Copyright: Examiner Publications Ltd, 1999 Contact: http://www.examiner.ie/ FIVE MORE LONDON YARDIE ARRESTS FIVE fresh arrests were made yesterday by Scotland Yard officers investigating a spate of London murders linked to Yardie gangsters. Ammunition, pounds 17,000 in cash and what is thought to be crack cocaine were also seized by armed police in early morning raids at two addresses in north east London. Four men were arrested on Monday by detectives targeting gun and drug crime under the title Operation Trident. Yesterday detectives arrested two women and three men. A man and a woman were seized in Chingford along with two kilos of what is thought to be cocaine. The others were arrested in Islington where officers recovered more cash and three quarters of a kilo of suspected crack cocaine. North London crime commander Mike Craik said: “The operations have been extremely successful and have resulted in us ensuring that drugs and ammunition have been removed from the streets of north London.” There have been 13 killings and at least 30 other shootings in the capital this year in Yardie style attacks linked with turf wars over the lucrative crack cocaine trade. They included the killing earlier this month of small time drug dealer Dean Roberts, 20, who was shot several times at close range in Harlesden, north west London. And in May, Laverne Forbes, 28, and her partner Patrick Smith were murdered in front of their seven year old daughter in Tottenham, north London. Police have released the four men who were arrested on Monday. A Scotland Yard spokesmen said three men were bailed to return to a police station in August pending further inquiries. The fourth was released with no further action taken. - --- MAP posted-by: Thunder