Alvechurch man sentenced for firearm and drug offences

Kane Brough, aged 25, of Withybed Close, Alvechurch, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday (November 21) in relation to a raid at his home on May 11.

Officers executed the warrant at around 11.30pm, and outside they found a Ford Connect van linked to his address.

Inside the van was a rucksack with a converted firearm together with two blank cartridges, one of which was identified as viable ammunition.

Drugs and paraphernalia were found at the address (Image: West Mercia Police) Also found in the rear of the van were large quantities of cocaine and cannabis, scales and other paraphernalia consistent with a drugs supply enterprise.

Brough was arrested at an address in Redditch shortly after and charged with multiple offences on May 12.

On Thursday, he was found guilty of possession of a class A drug – cocaine with intent to supply for which he was sentenced to four years imprisonment, and possession of a class B drug – cannabis with intent to supply for which he was given 18 months to run concurrently. 

Brough was handed a further consecutive sentence of five years and six months for possession of the ammunition of two bullets without holding a firearms certificate contrary to the Firearms Act 1968.

Police raided his home earlier this year (Image: West Mercia Police)

He was also guilty of possessing ammunition which incorporated a missile designed or adapted to expand on impact contrary to the Firearms Act 1968, possession of a firearm which had a barrel of less than 30cm contrary to the Firearms Act 1968 and possession of a firearm without holding a firearm certificate contrary to the Firearms Act 1968.

There were no separate penalties for these three offences, but he was handed a further six-month sentence to run consecutively for breaching a suspended sentence order, bringing his total term to 10 years.