Dramatic footage shows armed cops swoop on gang before gun deal

Dramatic POV footage shows equipped cops smash a pack selling a weapon successful a woody arranged by a murderer from his situation cell.

Three men and a teenage boy, aged 17, from Birmingham were astir to swap the handgun for 2 stolen cars with a transgression from London.

But cops got upwind of the gathering and swooped connected the pack arsenic they waited successful a Ford Fiesta successful Selly Oak, Birmingham, connected August 9 past year.

The raid, which was portion of Operation Target, resulted successful 4 men and 1 teen being jailed.

In the backmost of the Fiesta was a blank firing weapon which had been converted into a live-firing weapon, and 10 unrecorded rounds of ammunition.

In the Fiesta were Dillon Cordova, 18, Furrukh Khan, 25, Ishmail Kaseba, 24, and a lad who is present 17.

London-based pack subordinate Drew Neale, 21, was arrested portion helium waited successful a adjacent road.

Detectives discovered convicted murderer Teeko Le, 21, had masterminded the woody from situation utilizing a smuggled mobile phone.

The pack were sentenced astatine Birmingham Crown Court connected Friday (1/11).

Le, of nary fixed address, was jailed for six years aft helium was recovered blameworthy of conspiracy to merchantability the weapon and ammunition.

It volition commencement astatine the extremity of the minimum 20-year word which helium is serving for murder.

Le was aged 17 erstwhile helium changeable Naasir Francis, 22, aft a confrontation successful the Lozells country of Birmingham successful August 2020.

Mr Francis was unarmed and tried to get away, but was killed by Le who utilized an automatic pistol - perchance a Glock limb - successful wide daylight.

Kaseba, of nary fixed address, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years aft being recovered blameworthy of the aforesaid offences.

Khan, of Rocky Lane, Birmingham, was jailed for 7 years and 7 months for the aforesaid offences, and besides possession of a shotgun which was recovered astatine his home.

Neale, of nary fixed address, was jailed for six years and 8 months for being progressive successful the merchantability of the weapon and ammunition, and handling stolen goods.

The 17-year-old, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, was sent to a young offenders instauration for 3 years for firearms and ammunition merchantability offences.

Cordova was convicted astatine proceedings earlier this twelvemonth but failed to look for sentencing and is being hunted by police.

Detective Insp Amar Patel, from the Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands, said: “Had we not intervened erstwhile we did, this weapon would person been handed implicit and been utilized successful further criminality – to endanger oregon harm others.

“The weapon had DNA of Khan and Cordova connected it, on with that of the 17-year-old.

“We volition relentlessly prosecute those progressive successful weapon transgression successful the West Midlands, and guarantee they are brought to justice.”