A DANGEROUS gunman who opened fire on two men in Tottenham using a sub-machine gun is facing years in prison.

Yusuf Arslan, 20, a decorator by trade, of Oxford Close, Edmonton, targeted the two men as they drove down Lansdowne Road just before midnight on September 20 last year.

He blocked their path with a silver Vauxhall Corsa and then jumped out and starting fire at the pair as they sat in their vehicle. One of themwas shot in the arm.

Arslan, described by police as a dangerous individual, fled the scene but officers from Operation Trident, the Met's specialist unit for gun crime, tracked him down and he was arrested a week later.

He denied any knowledge of the shooting and was released on bail while investigations continued.

But despite knowing he was being investigated by police, Arslan was stopped by police in Ferry Lane, near Tottenham Hale station, in December in possesssion of another gun and wearing a bullet-proof vest.

The pair had been trailed by police after leaving a Walthamstow massage parlour in a taxi booked using false names and had asked the driver to chauffeur them across different locations in Tottenham.

Suspicious they were being followed, Arslan's companion, Emre Kamalak, 24, of Chesthunte Road, tried to toss a bag from the car window which was later found to contain a loaded Brocock Snubnose revolver converted to fire live rounds.

A pair of gloves were also found in the car suggesting to officers they had intercepted a violent plot that could have led to someone being killed.

DI Colin Douglas said: "These convictions are the direct result of positive proactive policing directed against individuals who present a life-threatening risk not only to those they target, but to innocent members of the public.

“Arslan and Kamalak were clearly engaged in serious criminality that day and would have succeeded in their venture had they not been apprehended by police."

The weapon, an Agram sub-machine gun, used in the attempted murder was later discovered by officers and Arslan was charged on March 3.

He was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court of two counts of attempted murder, two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, and one count of possessing ammunition.

In the second case, Kamalak pleaded guilty to two charges of gun and ammunition possession. Arslan denied everything but was found guilty. A third man arrested and charged in connection with the massage parlour incident was acquitted by the jury.

The pair will be sentenced at a date yet to be set.