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The local police force are taking lots of uninsured, illegal vehicles off the streets of the West Midlands. To help with this they have been using a very important piece of police kit – the Copper’s Nose! Last week one of their Response Units spoke about how they’d stopped a car while on patrol and later found the driver was allegedly on the roads while disqualified. The 21-year-old was arrested, charged and the car seized. They put the arrest down to their “Copper’s Nose” telling them something wasn’t quite right when they spotted the car by Merry Hill shopping centre on the afternoon of 9 June. #ARRESTS | We’re taking lots of illegal vehicles off the streets & catching crooks thanks to an important piece of police kit – the Copper’s Nose! Officers say a Copper's Nose is an instinct something's not quite right. And it often proves accurate⬇️ https://t.co/nlprQqxJS2 — West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) June 17, 2021 PC Jamie Follows from Response Team C in Brierley Hill

Drugs and a dangerous firearm have been seized by officers patrolling a park in West London. The officers, from the West Area Violence Suppression Unit, were on patrol in Southall Park at around 20:30hrs on Tuesday, 15 June as part of the Met's proactive approach to policing open spaces across London. Two men, both aged 23, were spotted acting suspiciously. When they were approached by plain-clothed officers, both men ran off. They were chased by officers and detained near Uxbridge Road. A search of the men found approximately 100 wraps of class A drugs. One of the men had a rucksack in which officers found a live firearm with ammunition. This was immediately made safe by firearms officers. As a result of the search, both men were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs. The man found with the firearm [A] was further arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. Both men were taken to a London police station where they remain. Acting Inspector