Overview
- Armed officers stopped a white BMW on the Black Country Route and recovered a loaded handgun, multiple swords and other weapons during a traffic stop.
- Police linked the vehicle to a brutal attack in Ruskin Street that left a construction worker with multiple broken bones who required surgery.
- Four men were arrested at the scene, charged with firearm, ammunition and weapons offences, and later sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court to multi-year terms ranging from about six to seven years.
- Body-worn camera footage shows officers smashing the car windows and ordering the men out while investigators say the vehicle had travelled from London into Wolverhampton.
- West Midlands Police say the recovered weapons remain in custody and that removing them and jailing those involved reduces the risk of further violent offending in the region.