• £20k worth of cocaine was hidden in a box of cat food

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 10/05/13

  

  A WALSALL man believed to be a prominent member of a Birmingham gang will spend six years behind bars for drug offences after cocaine with a street value of £20,000 was discovered hidden in a box of cat food. Sylvanus Coker-Anderson was arrested after officers found the Class A drugs hidden in the footwell of a car which was stopped and searched in April last year. Officers in the Erdington area noticed an MG TF convertibl...

• Four years in jail for robber who threatened taxi driver

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 09/05/13

  

  A STREETLY robber who threatened a taxi-driver with a knife during a "particularly nasty" attack for drug money is facing four years behind bars. Michael Pigott, of Thornhill Park, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday (May 7) after being found guilty of the robbery at an earlier hearing. The court heard how 28-year-old Pigott, who had sufficient funds to travel home on a bus, called a taxi from the Gosta Green...

• Screams that finally brought axe-wielding gang of four to justice

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 09/05/13

  

  FOUR members of an axe-wielding masked gang who brought terror to staff and customers at a string of convenience stores, including one in Sutton, have been jailed. The gang struck 22 times in a matter of months in 2012, escaping with tens of thousands of pounds' worth of cigarettes and cash, including a raid on the Tesco Express in Walsall Road, Four Oaks on July 2. Jake Williams, 22, of Meldon Drive, Bilston, Anthony Everitt,...

• 'Officers face a number of challenges but I have the best job in the world'

  By Walsall Advertiser at 09:20 on 09/05/13

  

  THIS is the first monthly column where I intend to keep the public updated on policing in Walsall from my perspective as the local policing Chief Inspector. I've been in Walsall since October 2011 and I must say that I already feel very loyal to the borough. The people are candid, friendly and 'salt of the earth', and the local authority and other partners are accessible and positive and keen to improve things. Overall, the police...

• Gang jailed after crime spree

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:09 on 08/05/13

  

  Members of a gang that embarked on a spree of robberies across Walsall and the rest of the Midlands were sentenced to a total of almost 28 years in jail yesterday. The gang of four stole thousands of pounds of cigarettes and cash from various shops in the area until they were caught last September. Convenience stores were their prime targets, with Tesco Express shops in Aldridge and Great Wyrley, along with Shelfield Service Station...

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