The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A Birmingham man has been jailed for eight and a half years for firearms and drugs offences. A firearms warrant was initially executed at the home address of Jelani Selassie in Lees Street, Winson Green on 15 September last year.
Two men have received jail terms after four police officers were assaulted during an incident in Lozells last year. Hamad Gernas, aged 23 and Adam Issa aged 33 were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (Monday 29 January).
West Midlands Police have charged a man after a firearm was recovered by officers executing a warrant in Birmingham yesterday. Asif Hussain, aged 31, has appeared before Birmingham Magistrates Court today charged with possession of a firearm without a certificate and when prohibited.
An organised crime group who made thousands of pounds dealing in Class A drugs has been jailed for more than 86 years. Led by James Ross, the Walsall based empire transported cocaine, ketamine and cash in vehicles with professionally installed concealed compartments in floors and seats.
A major police offensive on knife crime in Birmingham resulted in more than 50 arrests, which included teenagers, and a large cache of knives seized by officers during the operation. The week-long operation – codenamed Sceptre – ran from 9 to 15 November and saw police teams across the region targeting suspected knife crime offenders…
A woman who set up a bogus charity purporting to help asylum seekers was secretly smuggling undocumented migrants into the UK and exploiting their labour to enrich herself. Turning a blind eye as scores of migrants worked in cannabis farms to pay for her ‘charitable’ services, Pranvera Smith established ‘Freedom to Stay’ in 2014 and ran the Birmingham-based group…
A group of Brummies from Small Heath have formed a volunteer group to cleanup dangerous drugs waste from streets and parks across the Midlands region to motivate communities and to make families feel safer when visiting parks. A group called the Waste Warriors have been conducting cleanup operations in Birmingham and the Black Country and removing…
West Midlands Police have launched a double murder investigation after two men died from knife injuries in what is believed to have been a robbery at a cannabis factory on Thursday in Brierley Hill. Police received several 999 calls just after 3.30am on Thursday 20th February from members of the public reporting a group of…