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An armed raider who was thwarted by residents in their own home has been jailed for more than four years after police linked him to the attempted robbery. Peshang Ahmed forced his way into a property in Hillfields, Coventry, and then demanded money after being confronted by an occupier on 12 September last year.
Police raided a derelict warehouse near Birmingham city centre and uncovered a huge drugs factory suspected to be run by an organised crime gang. Officers forced entry to the building in Bradford Street at 9.45am on Thursday (6 January) and found a sprawling cannabis factory spread across three storeys.
A suspected drug dealer got a rude awakening when police raided his flat on Thursday (10 December) where officers recovered a loaded gun and shotgun, and a carrier bag half-full with a white powder thought to be Class A drugs. Detectives executed a warrant at the flat in Green Road, Hall Green just after 2pm…
Armed police raided a garage in Stratford Road in Birmingham last night to execute a firearms warrant due to intelligence suggesting there may be a “firearms threat”. The site of the Mercedes Specialist Centre (MSL) in the Sparkbrook area of the city was stormed by armed officers yesterday evening and the the shocking incident was…
A raid by armed police at a garage in Stratford Road in Birmingham has taken place tonight, according to reports. The site of the Mercedes Specialist Centre (MSL) in the Sparkbrook area of the city was raided by armed officers late this evening (1 December) as the incident was captured on camera by local residents at the…
West Midlands Police have confirmed that over 100 lockdown violation fines were issued after officers broke up an illegal rave despite being pelted with missiles by the hostile crowd. Police constables acted on information and discovered an unlawful music event being held in a disused warehouse in Birmingham last night (28 November) despite a COVID-19…
Police officers have seized knives, a knuckle duster and drugs as part of a crackdown on weapons and dealing across Wolverhampton. Officers from the West Midlands Police Wolverhampton Taskforce, and neighbourhood teams, have been monitoring areas and acting on intelligence to help keep the city safe.
A Birmingham flat in Hagley Road was raided by anti-terrorism police last night in connection to the London attacks in Westminster yesterday, which left five dead and around 29 people injured. Following the murder of several pedestrians and a police officer around Parliament yesterday afternoon, reports of a Birmingham connection transpired as BBC Newsnight was one…
A Birmingham flat in Hagley Road was raided by anti-terrorism police last night in connection to the London attacks in Westminster yesterday, which left five dead and around 29 people injured. Following the murder of several pedestrians and a police officer around Parliament yesterday afternoon, reports of a Birmingham connection transpired as BBC Newsnight was one…