A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and possession of an imitation firearm. Police were called to Rookery Road, Handsworth, at around 3.30pm yesterday following reports of an armed robbery, where cash and earphones were stolen. Officers conducted a search around the area and a 17-year-old boy was arrested around an hour later […]
West Midlands Police are urging residents to enhance their security measures following a rise in car key burglaries in the region. Thieves are targeting vehicles indiscriminately, regardless of the time of day. Authorities advise securing homes by ensuring all entry points such as front, back, and side doors are locked, and windows are closed when […]
Police are appealing for the next of kin of a woman who was involved in a serious collision in Birmingham earlier this month to come forward. Nickelle Ahmadi was involved in a collision on the evening of 9th April on Dudley Road in the Birmingham area. Despite extensive enquiries officers are yet to locate a […]
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A man has been arrested and several cars have been seized in efforts to tackle drug crime in #ChelmsleyWood. A 52-year-old man was arrested and charged with drug offences. Local officers have been listening to residents’ concerns about drug dealing in the area. At a meeting with the community earlier this month, residents raised concerns […]
A teenage gunman is caught showing off with a gun in mobile phone footage, before armed officers raided his home and arrested him. Ashirie Smith is shown dancing and posing with the weapon in footage police recovered from his phone after his arrest. Officers received intelligence that Smith, then 17, may have been keeping a […]
Two teenagers and a man have been jailed for killing a father with an array of machetes and zombie knives as he left a KFC drive-thru with his son. They were among four people who’d been trying to kill Kelvin Ward’s 19-year-old son, but who turned on his father when the teenager managed to escape […]
A devastated family have paid tribute to their ‘cherished daughter’ who died after being hit by a car in Birmingham. Mayar Yahia was tragically killed following the collision in Upper Highgate Street at just after 9.45pm on Sunday (14 April). The family of the four-year-old have spoken of their irreplaceable void and thanked others for […]
A man who set fire to two worshippers as they walked home from mosques in London and Birmingham has been given a hospital order. Mohammed Abbkr, 29, poured petrol on his victims, in their 70s and 80s, before setting them alight using a lighter. Our officers quickly arrested him when they were in the […]
Recognise these men? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Mwp6gDpwY Police want to speak to them after a car hit a house on Chipperfield Road, Bromford on Monday (15 April). At around 12 pm a suspected stolen car failed to stop for officers before hitting a house. The occupants fled the scene. A 54-year-old man was taken to hospital to be […]