A man has this evening (Thursday) been charged with seven firearms offences following police raids in Holme, Milnthorpe and Morecambe yesterday morning.
49 year old Paul Holmes of Station Road, Holme, will appear before magistrates in Barrow tomorrow morning (Friday November 6th) charged with two counts of possession of a prohibited handgun (Sec 5 offence); Two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life; Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm (a sawn off shotgun); and one count of possession of Section 1 ammunition without a certificate.
It follows a joint operation by Titan (the North-west's regional organised crime unit), Cumbria Constabulary and the National Crime Agency, which resulted in ten weapons and ammunition being seized from a house in Holme and a farm in Milnthorpe after three simultaneous raids at 7am yesterday morning (Wednesday November 4th).
