Police officers searching a property in Blackpool, Lancashire seized an imitation handgun, large quantities of drugs and £8000 cash. Three people were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with the intent to supply and possession of an imitation firearm and ammunition.

After a Taser was found in the possession of an American pilot at the airport in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was charged with a firearms offence. Tasers are illegal in the UK to possess, purchase, acquire, manufacture, sell, or transfer without lawful authority.

After a swan was discovered injured by the edge of the River Stour in Canterbury, Kent, an X-ray revealed he had been shot eight times with an air gun, the pellets lodging in his body, leg and head. Following veterinary treatment, the bird was released back into the wild.

Police appealed for information following reports that a gun was fired from a moving vehicle towards a shop in Walsall, West Midlands. No one was injured but a window was damaged.

A man was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition, and having drugs with intent to supply after police officers found a revolver and a quantity of cannabis in Smethwick, West Midlands. Click on media link to read full report.

Joseph Bassey, aged 39, has been jailed for eight years and three months after admitting drug offences, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts each of possession of a firearm and ammunition in a public place and possession of a prohibited weapon. In May 2023, police officers responded to a call that Bassey had assaulted his partner outside his home in Widnes, Cheshire. Before they arrived, Bassey moved items from his garage to his car. Officers found the vehicle in a street nearby and recovered around £60,000 worth of illegal drugs, a black handgun, a loaded revolver, ammunition and shotgun cartridges. They also seized a tablet press, a money-counting machine and body armour from his home address.

A woman suffered a minor arm injury after a gun was fired at the window of a property in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire. Two men have since been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences in connection with the attack.

Police officers searching eight properties and two cars in in Burham, Kent recovered at least £80,000 in cash and weapons including a firearm, knuckle duster and Taser device. Click on media link to read full report.

Paul Miles, aged 44, has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to possessing a prohibited firearm, possessing ammunition without a certificate and possessing cannabis. In August 2023, police officers discovered a working Walther P22 self-loading pistol and associated ammunition in a box kept in the living room of a property in Salford, Greater Manchester. The officers also recovered a small amount of cannabis. Miles handed himself in a few days later.

Police have opened an investigation after two bullet holes were found in the front door of a residential property in Stoke, Staffordshire. The shooting occurred just a few days after a nearby home was similarly targeted.