Dramatic moment police wrestle man to ground as he fled on e-bike with loaded gun

Police officers successful Birmingham wrestled a gunman to the crushed arsenic helium attempted to fly connected an e-bike.

Antonio Balu, 25, was speeding down Soho Road successful Birmingham connected the achromatic motorcycle earlier quick-thinking constabulary yanked him disconnected arsenic helium rode by.

Officers from West Midlands Police became suspicious aft spotting Balu wearing a hoodie successful 25C temperatures connected August 13.

Bodycam footage showed the infinitesimal PC Matthew More grabbed Balu’s backpack arsenic helium sped past, forcing him to clang into the kerb.

Balu was searched and officers recovered a pistol loaded with 3 rounds of ammunition successful his container pack.

A panicking Balu tells officers: ‘I conscionable recovered this motorcycle and this bag, I conscionable enactment it connected now.’

An serviceman replies: ‘No you haven’t, we’ve been watching you for ages.’

When quizzed what was wrong the container helium replied, ‘nothing’, earlier saying: ‘I haven’t done thing wrong.’

Balu admitted possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition and was jailed for 5 years astatine Birmingham Crown Court past week.

The apprehension was conducted by the force’s Guardian taskforce – which is dedicated to tackling superior younker violence.

Detective Inspector Jon Green, from West Midlands Police Major Crime Unit, said: ‘This is fantabulous enactment by the Guardian Taskforce whose actions person taken a deadly limb disconnected the streets.

‘Balu claimed he’d conscionable recovered the motorcycle and the bag, but we pieced unneurotic his movements utilizing CCTV to amusement that he’d near his location connected the motorcycle and carrying the container earlier successful the day.

‘What started arsenic a regular halt of idiosyncratic acting suspiciously has resulted successful a loaded firearm being taken disconnected the thoroughfare and the bearer being jailed for 5 years.’

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