{"id":632040,"date":"2025-12-14T14:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/632040\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:09:21","slug":"birmingham-drug-dealer-jailed-after-stuffing-gun-in-a-sock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/632040\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham drug dealer jailed after stuffing gun in a sock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua McCaffrey was jailed after officers seized Class A drugs worth \u00a3300,000 and a number of firearms<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Josh-McCaffrey.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua McCaffrey\" loading=\"eager\" \/>Joshua McCaffrey<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Birmingham man was jailed after officers found hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Class A drugs and firearms &#8211; one which was stuffed in a sock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Joshua McCaffrey, 33, was arrested earlier this year and charged with multiple offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On January 9, officers from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">West Midlands Police<\/a> County Lines Taskforce carried out a warrant at an address in Brinklow Tower, Highgate, where they found a revolver, a 9mm pistol, and over 30 rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><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\/worst-areas-life-expectancy-men-33035183\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">The worst areas of life expectancy for men in the West Midlands<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><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\/emergency-services-called-after-house-33051297\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Emergency services called after house fire in Birmingham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers also seized over 10 kilos of heroin, over two kilos of cocaine, and over 44 grams of crack cocaine &#8211; with the drugs estimated to be worth up to \u00a3300,000 in wholesale value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">McCaffrey plead guilty to the following offences:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Possession with intent to supply cocaine<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Possession with intent to supply heroin<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Possession of firearms<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Possession of ammunition<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Concerned in the supply of cocaine<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Concerned in the supply of heroin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_firearm-in-sock-wm.jpg\" alt=\"Firearm in sock\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Firearm in sock(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">McCaffrey, of Highgate Street, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham<\/a>, was jailed for 12 years on Thursday (Dec 11), at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-crown-court\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham Crown Court.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">PC Greenfield, from the County Lines Taskforce, said: &#8220;Following a thorough investigation, we were able to identify McCaffrey as a dangerous drug dealer who was also in possession of firearms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Drugs-seized.jpg\" alt=\"Drugs seized\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Drugs seized(Image: West Midlands Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;McCaffrey was clearly a dangerous individual, who has been taken off the streets and will be spending a long time behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe know County Lines networks cause misery within our communities as drugs not only ruin lives but also fuel other crime. We\u2019re working day in, day out, to bring down drug lines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joshua McCaffrey was jailed after officers seized Class A drugs worth \u00a3300,000 and a number of firearmsJoshua McCaffrey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,113459,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-632040","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-highgate","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632040","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=632040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}