{"id":299826,"date":"2025-07-29T00:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299826\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:31:10","slug":"machete-and-imitation-firearms-seized-as-officers-tackle-anti-social-behaviour-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299826\/","title":{"rendered":"Machete and imitation firearms seized as officers tackle anti-social behaviour in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> have been tackling anti-social behaviour and street crime after being contacted by residents in the Hagley Road area of Ladywood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Acting on the information provided, officers carried out &#8216;increased policing activity&#8217; in the area, and after enforcing a warrant, officers recovered a machete and two imitation firearms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A woman was also arrested for recall to prison, with police saying that the investigation following the recovery of the weapons is continuing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: &#8220;We\u2019re really grateful to those who have reported their concerns, as communities across the West Midlands are our extra eyes and ears, and the information provided can be vital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would urge residents to keep reporting issues, and where possible, provide us with CCTV footage, so we can keep dealing with specific concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The increased activity comes as officers from the Proactive Crime Team in Birmingham &#8216;Operation Skybridge&#8217;, made several arrests in the Ladywood and Edgbaston region, including arrests for theft and drug offences.<\/p>\n<p>The force said that the increased activity in the area &#8216;will continue&#8217;, with officers working with Birmingham City Council on more long-term solutions to deal with the behaviour being reported to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone concerned about anti-social behaviour and other crime can report it by calling 101, or 999 if in an emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police have been tackling anti-social behaviour and street crime after being contacted by residents in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-299826","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-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114933706550085176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299826","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=299826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}