Following reports of a fight and shots fired in Brixton, South London, a woman and a man were treated in hospital for gunshot injuries. A second man was stabbed and a third, assaulted. No arrests have yet been reported.

Waheed Yaseen, aged 46 has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years after admitting permitting premises to be used for drug dealing, possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition. In October 2023, police officers discovered drugs, cash and burner phones at a property in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, occupied by several men, including Yaseen. During the subsequent search of Yaseen’s home address, officers found a 9mm handgun and two rounds of ammunition in a bag hidden between two beds. The court heard that Yaseen jointly owned the first property searched and had allowed drug dealing there to help pay off a drug debt. He also claimed to have been instructed to store the firearm for dealers.

After police officers discovered a handgun and ammunition while searching a house in Bilston, West Midlands, a man was charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition. Click on media link to read full report.

Armed police officers were deployed following a report that a firearm had been found in a room at a hotel accommodating asylum seekers in Glasgow, Scotland. After a toy gun was recovered, a police spokesman confirmed there would be no further action.

Reed Wischhusen, aged 32, has been jailed for life after being found guilty of having an explosive substance with intent to endanger life, having an explosive substance, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, possessing ammunition with intent to endanger life and possessing a prohibited firearm without a certificate. He admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing ammunition without a firearm certificate. In November 2022, police searched Wischhusen’s home in Wick St Lawrence, Somerset after receiving a tip-off. They recovered body armour, a police uniform, a deactivated hand grenade, more than 600 blank cartridges, nearly 1,500 primers, more than 1,000 unfired bullets for a range of different firearms and a large quantity of assorted chemicals, timers, metal tubes, pressure cookers and ball bearings. While officers searched the property, Wischhusen tried to shoot himself with a pistol before pointing the gun at them. Following warnings from two armed officers, Wischhusen was shot three times and spent several months in hospital before being fit to be questioned. The court heard that Wischhusen had planned a revenge mass shooting at his former school and written a document that listed people he wanted to kill. He also planned to either detonate pressure cooker bombs and shoot staff with a submachine gun at Avon and Somerset Police's headquarters or ambush officers and enter the building to let off explosives. He had compiled “an armoury of homemade weapons” including pistols, submachine guns, a shotgun, ammunition, bombs, grenades and poison in preparation for the attacks. He told police that the document was a fantasy he never intended to act out but the judge said he had “no doubt” that it represented his “true thoughts and intents”.

Balraj Maan, aged 25 and from Walsall, West Midlands, has been jailed for seven years for drug offences committed in March 2023 and charges dating from 2019 including possession of a bladed article, possession of a firearm and possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply. Click on media link to read full report.

Police officers responded following reports of a man with a gun threatening construction workers in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and making threats to kill. There were no reports of any injuries.

After a firearm was reportedly discharged in two gun-related incidents in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, police officers arrested a man on suspicion of two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life. There were no reports of any injuries.

Jonathan Neep, aged 46, has been jailed for 31 months after pleading guilty to possession of a kitchen knife, possession of a Colt Defender .177 air weapon with intent to cause a woman to believe unlawful violence would be used against her and having a racially aggravated intent to cause her harassment, alarm or distress. In October 2023, Neep made racist comments to a woman at a pub in Littledean, Gloucestershire. Neep was told to leave but was seen approaching the pub soon afterwards with a gun. As some of the woman’s friends walked towards him, Neep pointed the gun at one man’s face. After the man “smacked” the gun away, the group restrained Neep and removed a knife from his pocket. The court heard that the woman’s life had been “turned upside down” by the incident and that she is now scared when out in public places.

After arresting a man on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, police officers searched an address in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire and recovered a suspected Taser and drugs paraphernalia. The man was further arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession of criminal property.