Firearm and drugs found during police raid on house - two people arrested
A firearm was recovered and two people arrested during a police raid on Friday.
Officers from West Midlands Police executed a warrant at a house on Willenhall Street, Darlaston, as part of Operation Target.
The raid helped to uncover a firearm, ammunition and a quantity of drugs, with a 21-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. Both remained in custody on Saturday afternoon.
The force said that Operation Target was tackling serious and organised crime offences, ranging from drug dealing and burglary to cyber crime and fraud.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We've recovered a firearm and arrested two people after we searched an address in Walsall yesterday.
"On Friday, November 17, we executed a warrant at an address on Willenhall Street, Darlaston.
"We found a firearm, ammunition and a quantity of drugs.
"A 21-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and remain in custody.
"Operation Target sees us take a defiant stand against a range of serious and organised crime offences – from drug dealing and burglary to cyber crime and fraud.
"Officers use local intelligence, seize goods, carry out warrants and target offenders as part of Op Target’s ongoing crackdown against serious and organised crime."
