Thug's desperate 6 word excuse after being caught with gun by officer who tackled him off e-bike

Antonio Balu was arrested and subsequently jailed for 5 years for possessing a firearm, but gave officers astatine the country a hopeless excuse arsenic to however helium came into possession of the offending item

A thug had a hopeless excuse for a constabulary serviceman who tackled him disconnected an e-bike.

Antonio Balu, 25, was arrested astatine the country aft being stopped by officers successful Birmingham wherever helium was recovered to person a gun successful his backpack. Neighbourhood officers had spotted the masked rider acting suspiciously connected the Soho Road and, aft helium rode away, the police's Guardian taskforce was alerted.

PC Matthew More tackled the rider, who fell to the crushed and was subsequently detained. But helium had a hopeless excuse for constabulary astatine the country and tried to person the arresting serviceman helium had recovered the backpack and motorcycle and was not the owner.

Footage from the country shows serviceman More sound Balu disconnected the bicycle earlier helium and a 2nd serviceman apprehend him. Balu told police: "I conscionable recovered this motorcycle and this bag, I conscionable enactment it connected now. I've conscionable recovered this container now."

Further bodycam footage showed Balu refusing to springiness his sanction to constabulary as, erstwhile asked, helium replied: "You don't request to cognize my name. I ain't done thing wrong." Officers past revealed they had different teams watching Balu for parts of the day and knew helium was lying astir wherever helium had received the backpack, which was past searched.

The serviceman searching the container soon recovered the firearm, astatine which constituent Balu was arrested. He has since been jailed for 5 years for possession of a firearm. His assertion of uncovering the container and motorcycle were elaborated connected further erstwhile Balu past claimed helium had obtained some items from a "crackhead" supposedly offered them successful speech for drugs.

This assertion was exposed arsenic a prevarication and Balu went connected to plead blameworthy to possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition aft his arrest, which happened connected August 13. Police said Balu, of Bryant Street, Birmingham, was jailed for 5 years astatine Birmingham Crown Court connected Wednesday.

Speaking aft the case, Detective Inspector Jon Green, from the police's 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." The condemnation is portion of Operation Target, which is the police's ongoing ngo to people superior and organised transgression crossed the West Midlands.