{"id":174830,"date":"2025-06-11T05:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174830\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T05:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:26:16","slug":"four-arrested-on-suspicion-of-robbery-and-drug-offences-in-erdington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174830\/","title":{"rendered":"Four arrested on suspicion of robbery and drug offences in Erdington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The men were arrested in the Erdington area<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_op1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Officers from Operation Skybridge(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Four men were detained on suspicion of robbery and drugs offences in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/erdington\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Erdington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Proactive Crime Team, were on patrols in the area when they were flagged down at a petrol station last night, Monday, June 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 61-year-old man found nearby was arrested on suspicion of robbery and remained in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-primary-schools-unacceptable-wait-31826299\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Birmingham primary school&#8217;s &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; six week wait for bins to be collected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Later, at around 8pm, officers spotted a suspicious vehicle in Clarence Road and asked the driver to stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large amount of drugs and cash were found during a search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of Class A and B drugs with intent to supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Just before midnight, the team spotted another vehicle which they became suspicious of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Following enquiries, the vehicle was searched, and a large amount of Class A drugs, cash, and mobile phones believed to be used for drug dealing were found and seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two men, aged 32 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of Class A drugs with intent to supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Both men remained in custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The officers were part of Operation Skybridge, which targets offenders and disrupts crime. Earlier the same day, a huge operation took place off Erdington High Street with Trading Standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Vapes, cigarettes, and tobacco products worth an estimated \u00a3500,000 were seized from a shop and two vehicles linked to it \u2013 while similar goods worth an estimated \u00a3250,000 were seized from a shop and vehicle on York Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The men were arrested in the Erdington areaOfficers from Operation Skybridge(Image: WMP) Four men were detained on suspicion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,22048,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-174830","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-erdington","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663075569775429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174830","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=174830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}