Man and woman charged following recovery of firearms and ammo in Belle Vale

Detectives from our Firearms Investigation Team have charged a man and a woman following the recovery of two firearms and ammunition in Belle Vale yesterday, Thursday 22 April.

Officers carried out a warrant at an address on Lee Park Avenue following reports a firearm was being stored.

Officers seized a handgun from within the property and a revolver which was found buried in a communal the garden near to the address. A man and woman were arrested and taken to custody.

27-year-old Nathan Kelly of no fixed abode and 25-year-old Zara Mohammed of Lee Park Avenue have now been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition. 

Both appeared at Wirral Adult Remand Court this morning, Friday 23 April. Kelly has been remanded in custody and Mohammed released on conditional bail.

If you have any information about the suspected storage, possession and use of firearms and ammunition, please contact us directly via @MerPolCC on Twitter, 'Merseyside Police Contact Centre' on Facebook, by calling 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or report online at https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously. Always call 999 if a crime is in progress.