Watch moment four firearms and ammunition were recovered from parked car in West Midlands
West Midlands Police searched a Vauxhall Corsa in Coventry and found handguns and shotguns inside.
A video has captured the moment gunmen were arrested after firearms and ammunition from a parked car in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Police searched a Vauxhall Corsa, which was parked on a driveway on Wappenbury Road, Coventry, on November 11, 2025 and found two shotguns and two handguns inside.
The partition between the cab and the boot had been modified with a hole so that the weapons, which had ammunition with them, could be easily reached.
The vehicle was parked near a property linked to Kai Williams, who was arrested the following day from an address nearby, in the address police recovered a key for the Corsa in a bedroom drawer, along with cocaine, scales and burner phones.
His DNA was later found on one of the handguns, and one of the shotguns, and his fingerprints were on the bag they were kept in.
DNA evidence on the weapons led police to two other men, Junior Dube and Tyreece Barnett-Leslie, who were both subsequently arrested.
Barnett-Leslie’s phone was examined, and we found Snapchat messages to him from Dube with images of guns, including one of the recovered shotguns and the handgun which had their DNA on.
It’s believed Dube had supplied the firearms, as one of the photos was taken in his house.
Barnett-Leslie threw a bag of cocaine from his bedroom window moments before he was arrested by armed officers.
On Wednesday (29) at Warwick Crown Court, all three men were sentenced.
Williams, aged 27, of Wappenbury Road, was jailed for seven years and 11 months after admitting possession of a handgun, sawn-off shotgun, and possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
Dube, aged 23, of Purcell Road, was jailed for five years and one month after admitting possession of a sawn-off shotgun and handgun.
Barnett-Leslie, aged 18, of Crediton Close, was jailed for four years after admitting possession of a handgun, criminal cash, and possession of cocaine with intent to supply it.
Reacting to the sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Amar Patel said: “This was a significant recovery of four deadly weapons, which were no doubt being used to spread fear and violence in the West Midlands.
“Great forensic and investigative work has meant that they have now been taken off the streets, and three criminals put behind bars for many years.”