{"id":150957,"date":"2025-06-02T02:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150957\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T02:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:14:14","slug":"chilling-new-police-photos-show-deal-ready-bags-and-wads-of-cash-taken-off-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150957\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling new police photos show &#8216;deal-ready bags&#8217; and wads of cash taken off the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person has been arrested and is spending Sunday in police custody after discovery in Stechford<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_GsW_fIKXEAEize_.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Wads of cash seized by police(Image: Birmingham Priority Crime Team)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A huge haul of drugs and cash was seized by police in Birmingham this weekend, officers revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In chilling new photos, large wads of \u00a320 and \u00a310 notes could be seen wrapped in red elastic bands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Several &#8220;deal-ready&#8221; bags could also be seen, alongside uncut drugs. These were a few of the illicit items seized from a suspect in Stechford on Saturday night, May 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-gang-member-jailed-police-31764705\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham gang member jailed as police say &#8216;this should be a warning to drug dealers&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police say the drugs were &#8220;taken off the streets&#8221;, while one person was arrested in connection with the offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They remained in custody on Sunday, June 1. Sharing the photos to X, formerly Twitter, Birmingham Priority Crime Team wrote: &#8220;Priority Crime Team Stechford:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Fantastic result for the team Sniffing out a huge haul of Class A Drugs &amp; Cash last night in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/yardley-and-stechford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stechford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Hundreds of deal-ready bags &amp; uncut drugs were taken off the streets with one person in custody answering for it. #ProActivePolicing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">There are several signs to look out for that may indicate someone is involved in county lines drug dealing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 ENBBt\">Repeatedly going missing from school or home and being found in other areas<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 ENBBt\">Having money, new clothes or electronic devices and they can&#8217;t explain how they paid for them<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 ENBBt\">Getting high numbers of texts or phone calls, being secretive about who they&#8217;re speaking to<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 ENBBt\">Decline in school or work performance<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 ENBBt\">Significant changes in emotional or physical well-being<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Have you been affected by this? We would like to hear from you. You can contact us by emailing stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person has been arrested and is spending Sunday in police custody after discovery in StechfordWads of cash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-150957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114611359808223126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}