Armed robbers have been found guilty of a series of raids on brothels.

Faisal Masood, 18, Melchezedic Williams, 19, and Amjad Masood, 45, all of Goldhawk Road, carried out the offences from March 12 and June 26 last year.

Detectives arrested the men at their home following their sixteenth raid.

Almost 100 witnesses were interviewed in the hunt for the men, many of whom were foreign nationals tracked through Interpol.

At Harrow Crown Court the men were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to rob, while Faisal Massod was also convicted of one count of possession of an imitation firearm.

Amjad Masood and Williams were found guilty of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

The three men will be sentenced on January 30.