Two men charged after police seized gun and ammunition from car travelling on motorway
Two men have been charged with firearm offences after police stopped a car travelling on the motorway and recovered a pistol and ammunition.
West Midlands Police firearms officers arrested the men on Friday near to Warwick Services on the M40 southbound.
Ricardo Thomas, 32, of St Alban's Road, Smethwick, and Akelle Charles, 32, of St Anne's Road, Wolverhampton, have both been charged with possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
They appeared before Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday and were remanded in custody ahead of a further appearance at Birmingham Crown Court on November 27.
The arrests were made as part of Operation Target, which sees West Midlands Police crackdown on a range of serious and organised crime offences.
