{"id":51854,"date":"2025-04-26T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/51854\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:19:12","slug":"jailed-class-a-drug-dealer-kept-handgun-hidden-in-jewellery-box-in-drug-factory-near-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/51854\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed: Class A drug dealer kept handgun hidden in jewellery box in &#8216;drug factory&#8217; near city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenc Lika was sentenced to eight years and nine months at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk\/courts\/birmingham-crown-court\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham Crown Court<\/a> on Thursday (April 24) after admitting to possession of a firearm, ammunition and having class A drugs with intent to supply.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old, of Bell Barn Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, was arrested in February after a raid by officers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlands.police.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">West Midlands Police<\/a> and the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/caf562d4-7c59-4961-b2f1-f818a048e342.jpg\"   alt=\"Cocaine was found at the address, some of which was concealed in a panel. Photo: West Midlands Police\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Cocaine was found at the address, some of which was concealed in a panel. Photo: West Midlands Police<\/p>\n<p>The officers found a drug factory, with a range of equipment, as well as cocaine and a gun and ammunition hidden inside a jewellery box.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: &#8220;A dealer has been jailed after we seized class A drugs and a handgun which was hidden inside a jewellery box.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officers from West Midlands Police and Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) acted on information and carried out a raid near Birmingham city centre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6512de0d-76d7-44be-899f-0bd7da0fe2d8.jpg\"   alt=\"A gun was found during the raid. Photo: West Midlands Police\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>A gun was found during the raid. Photo: West Midlands Police<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We unearthed a drugs factory, with a range of equipment used for the illegal production process, inside the flat in Bell Barn Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also found cocaine &#8211; which included some concealed behind a panel &#8211; along with the gun and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/09e7f9d2-6d6b-405e-a1a5-1c86de044863.jpg\"   alt=\"Lorenc Lika was sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Photo: West Midlands Police\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Lorenc Lika was sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Photo: West Midlands Police<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lorenc Lika was arrested from the address as we executed the warrant on February 25 this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 41-year-old, of Bell Barn Road, admitted possession of a firearm, ammunition and having class A drugs with intent to supply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was jailed for eight years and nine months at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, April 24.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/74cadf89-3949-4ba8-9aa4-be6c57a0c263.jpg\"   alt=\"Class A drugs and a handgun were found hidden inside a jewellery box. Photo: West Midlands Police\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Class A drugs and a handgun were found hidden inside a jewellery box. Photo: West Midlands Police<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re continually working to take guns and drugs off the streets, and tackle organised crime, as part of Operation Target.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Operation Target, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlands.police.uk\/police-forces\/west-midlands-police\/areas\/campaigns\/campaigns\/operation-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Target | West Midlands Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenc Lika was sentenced to eight years and nine months at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday (April 24)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51855,"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-51854","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\/114403761808080308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51854","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=51854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}