Elite cavalry pair arrested over arsenal

By MIKE SULLIVAN and DAVID WILLETTS

TWO soldiers from an elite cavalry regiment have been arrested after cops seized a stash of drugs and guns.Troopers Lemar Loveless, 25, and Trave Dyce, 21, were held at Folkestone after leaving the Channel Tunnel.Five guns, three silencers, ammunition and half a kilo of cocaine — worth £30,000 on the street — were allegedly found in their car.The arrests were made in an intelligence-led swoop by the Met’s Operation Trident, which tackles gun crime in London’s black community.

One source said:

“We believe the firearms and drugs were destined to be distributed in the underworld.”

Both soldiers of the Queen’s Royal Hussars appeared before magistrates in Bromley, Kent, charged with importing drugs and possessing firearms. They were remanded in custody to face crown court in February.Loveless was discharged from the Army last week and Dyce was due to quit on Tuesday.Sources said both men turned in their papers and requested to leave the ranks of the Royal Hussars of their own free will.Their arrests caused shockwaves in the light cavalry regiment, based in Sennelager, Germany, which operates fearsome Challenger tanks.

One source said:

“They were both popular guys but they had enough of Army life. It is very sad to see what has happened to them.”

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