Two men from Coventry have been jailed, along with a third man, for a total of 35 years for importing guns and ammunition into the UK by post before trying to sell them to organised criminals. The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets …
Read More »Gun smugglers who plotted ‘£100k-a-month’ mail order service jailed after importing US pistols
A Midlands trio who plotted a ‘£100k-a-month’ mail order gun service smuggling US pistols and bullets into the UK have been jailed for a combined total of 35 years. Dashan Caines, aged 46 and of Sutton Coldfield, played a lesser role but was involved in an “efficient distribution network” which …
Read More »‘We make a lot o’money bro’ – Dealers disguised US mail order guns as car parts to sell onto gangs
A Midlands trio imported US pistols and bullets disguised as ‘car parts’ in a mail order gun service before trying to sell them onto gangs, police revealed. Sutton Coldfield man Dashan Caines, 46, was among three men convicted of importing the firearms and ammunition into the UK through the post …
Read More »Royal Mail working with police over M5 lorry smash which left motorway closed for hours
Royal Mail has said it is working with police after one of their lorries jackknifed on the M5 this morning, closing the motorway for hours. The M5 northbound between Junctions 4 for Bromsgrove and 3 for Quinton was closed for hours this morning after the lorry crashed, damaging a lamppost …
Read More »Former Royal British Legion club in Birmingham filled with more than 500 cannabis plants
A former Royal British Legion club in Birmingham was found to be filled with cannabis plants. Police officers had been called to reports of suspicious behaviour at the club in Bells Lane, Kings Norton, yesterday morning (April 17). When they arrived they found a large cannabis factory” – with more …
Read More »Watch: Thief steals parcels from Royal Mail van in Coventry
Shocking video footage has emerged of a thief stealing parcels from a Royal Mail van in Coventry. The man grabs handfuls of parcels from the vehicle and throws them into the silver car he pulled up in through the passenger window. The van was parked on Sewall Highway in Wyken …
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