Following a report of a fight between men armed with weapons on a street in Liverpool, Merseyside, police officers arrested a man on suspicion of affray, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. Officers also recovered a handgun, machine gun, air pistol and sniper rifle from a property linked to the arrested suspect.

A man allegedly threatened members of the public in Oxford, Oxfordshire with a handgun or imitation gun after offering it for sale. Police issued a description of the suspect and appealed for information.

Miguel Costa, 27, and Abraham Cardoso, 24, have been jailed for seven years and five years, respectively, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. In September 2023, after the two men were arrested on suspicion of drug offences, police officers recovered a loaded 7.62 Nagant calibre revolver with a silencer from Costa’s bedroom at his home in Enfield, North London. Rounds of ammunition, including 7.62 bulleted cartridges, were subsequently seized at an address linked to Cardoso.

Dean Vincent, aged 27, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years after being found guilty of possession of two firearms, possession with intent to supply heroin and possession of criminal property (cash). During a surveillance operation in June 2022, police officers searched a house in Vauxhall, Central London and recovered heroin and cannabis, a large hunting knife, a zombie knife, thirteen rounds of 9mm ammunition, a handgun and a revolver (both loaded). When Vincent was arrested three months later, he was found to be carrying a passport and £9000 in cash.

Officers from a Serious and Organised Crime team arrested a teenage boy in Dundee, Scotland after he was found carrying cocaine, a small amount of cannabis, a bladed weapon and an imitation firearm. More cocaine was found at a property linked to the suspect.

After arresting a man on suspicion of possessing a shotgun without a certificate, armed police officers supported the search of a home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Click on media link to read full report.

Police officers discovered a pistol after stopping a car in Walsall, West Midlands. Two men were arrested at the scene on suspicion of possessing a firearm.

In a series of “carjackings”, a man allegedly made threats with a gun before stealing three vehicles in Solihull, West Midlands. He has since been charged with robbery, attempted robbery, two counts of possession of a firearm and several driving offences.

George Watt, aged 65, has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm without proper authority. In March 2022, a person cleaning out Watt’s former home in Glasgow, Scotland discovered a gun in a wardrobe. Watt told police officers that he had found the gun, an Italian-manufactured, converted blank-firing revolver, under some floorboards when putting in an aerial, and had deemed it a “daft old thing” on finding the trigger didn't work. He said that no one else knew about the weapon and that he had not been asked to hold it for anyone. The court heard that the revolver was in poor condition but could fire modified blank cartridges. On sentencing, the judge said, “if this was fired at another person, the firearm could have been lethal. I am not satisfied that this is one of the rare cases where it can be said there are exceptional circumstances. This was a firearm that you ought to have informed the police about. In all the circumstances the appropriate sentence is one of five years imprisonment.”

Police officers deployed their Tasers as they arrested two men in St Austell, Cornwall for allegedly stealing a vehicle. Click on media link to read full report.