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Gun gang jailed
A GANG that imported harmless handguns to St Austell before converting them into deadly weapons to sell to criminals on the black market have been jailed.
Ring leader of the firearms supply network, Carlington Grant, from Wolverhampton, and his partner Khiana Lewis, bought 43 pistols and 1,160 blank cartridges from a firm based in France.
They then sold them on as viable firearms for around £150,000.
Officers from West Midlands Police Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) launched an investigation in August 2016 after recovering ....see this week's paper for full story.
By Natasha Swift 12th September 2018