Case Studies
Showing how material from crime scenes can be linked to criminal activity in different force areas.

Bob Jones, the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands force area, visited the Birmingham NABIS hub this week (May 28).
Mr Jones wanted to see for himself the innovative work being...
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With the European Union having raised firearms as a priority crime, UK officers are being seconded to the UK Liaison Bureau (UKLB) within Europol to help assist the drive to tackle gun crime and t...
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The work of NABIS the National Ballistics Intelligence Service is featured in a primetime TV programme.
Episode 1 of Britain's Crime Capitals' on Channel 5 was broadcast on Monday ni...
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And... whenever there is a problem, someone usually comes up with a solution. Fortunately NABIS has been paying close attention to some work under development in collaboration with Manchester Metrop...
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Surrounded by around 2,000 assorted lethal weapons which range from a homemade blunderbuss to a rocket-propelled grenade, Tony Gallagher points to a rack of 100-year-old revolvers straight out ...
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In a Birmingham turf war, the two gangs involved used the same gun for their tit-for-tat shootings. They rented it, in turn from the same third party, says Martin Parker, who is head of forensics at...
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Two men were jailed at the Old Bailey on Monday, 30 November for a combined 33 years after pleading guilty to firing a gun at two addresses in Brent.
Shaun Campbell, 23 (05.12.91) of Lansdown R...
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Detectives have launched an investigation after reports that three people were injured after a shot was fired in the Erdington area of Birmingham in the early hours of yesterday morning (1 No...
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Detectives have launched an investigation after reports that three people were injured after a shot was fired in the Erdington area of Birmingham in the early hours of yesterday morning (1 No...
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A man shot by police in Tilson Gardens, SW2 in August has been charged with firearms offences.
Nathaniel Brophy, 36 (02.07.79), of Lillie Road, SW6 appears in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Co...
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More than 30 firearms have been collected by Wiltshire Police so far during an on-going firearms surrender.
Items collected include five shotguns, two handguns, four air rifles...
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Two men have been sentenced for their part in an illegally keeping and selling firearms investigation.
The two men were sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court on the Friday 28 August 2015 for va...
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Mark Randall (aged 55 years) from Kilnwell Road, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire pleaded guilty to a number of offences at Lincoln Crown Court today (4 August) and has been jailed.
1 x Possessi...
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More armed crooks are starting long stretches behind bars after becoming the latest targets to feel the force of West Midlands Police's offensive against firearms.
Drug dealers Jayden Lemathy a...
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Police are appealing for witnesses after firearms officers responded to reports of gunshots in Barrows Road in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, just after 8:15pm last night (20 July).
Two cars were...
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Showing how material from crime scenes can be linked to criminal activity in different force areas.
Two Men Convicted Of Walsall Barber Shop Shooting 25th February 2021
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