TWO Waltham Forest men have been cleared of plotting to deal drugs at a music shop.
Mutlu Tasci, 24, of Grange Park Road in Leyton, and Taner Aslan, 20, of Maude Road in Walthamstow, had been accused of being part of a crime ring which sold cannabis over the counter at a store in Hackney.
But both have been found not guilty of conspiracy to supply Class B drugs following a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
However three others, including the owner of the shop, were found guilty.
Haydar Yaldiz, 28, of Grasmere Road in Tottenham, was convicted of permitting his premises to be used for drug dealing but was cleared of supplying cannabis himself.
Two of Yaldiz's employees, Adnan Kel 30, of Muir Road, Hackney and Hassan Patel 22, of Crossway Terrace, Hackney, were found guilty of conspiracy to supply.
A fourth defendant - Ozan Gultekin, 19, of Holmleigh Road, Stamford Hill - pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply and possession with intent to supply on the first day of the trial.
It comes after officers raided Hackney Music in Dalston Lane in January following a two-month surveillance operation.
Inside police found an organised commercial enterprise supplying cannabis to up to 100 users a day with only a handful of CDs for sale.
Officer in the case DS Chris Collins of Hackney's Borough Intelligence Unit, said: "Hackney Music in Dalston Lane looked like a small high street shop selling music, but it was actually a sophisticated front for dealing cannabis to local users."
The men will be sentenced next month.
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