New video shows moment we put the brakes on an underworld gun deal

Four men and a teenager involved in an underworld deal to sell a handgun in exchange for stolen cars have been jailed as part of our ongoing efforts to target serious and organised crime in the West Midlands.

Firearms | ROCUWM

Man Jailed for Arranging Postage of Firearms from USA

A Bradford man who arranged for parcels containing firearms and bullets to be posted from America to West Yorkshire has been jailed.

Firearms | YHROCU

Nine jailed for more than 155 years after police crack encrypted phones and uncover multi kilo drugs and blackmail conspiracy

Nine members of a Merseyside based organised crime group, ‘the Coggins OCG’, have been jailed for more than 155 years for blackmail and Class A drug supply.

Drugs | Firearms | Newyddion | NWROCU

Most wanted fugitive arrested in Morocco back in UK

One of the UK’s most wanted men, arrested in Morocco earlier in the year after being on the run for four years, has been brought back to Britain by the National Crime Agency in conjunction with the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Drugs | Firearms | Newyddion | SWROCU

Seven people guilty of their part in million-pound drug supply operation

Seven people have been found guilty of their part in a drug supply operation that saw more than a million pounds seized.

Drugs | EMSOU | Firearms

Fourth man jailed for drug and firearms conspiracy

A fourth man from Manchester has been jailed at Manchester Crown Court today (Monday 1 July) after his crime groups’ drugs and firearms deals were uncovered by NWROCU detectives when the encrypted communications platform ‘EncroChat’ was taken down by international law enforcement in 2020.

Drugs | Firearms | Newyddion | NWROCU