| Loaded handgun recovered 
	in Norris Green MERSEYSIDE Police have informed us that 
a loaded handgun was recovered in Norris Green, in the afternoon of Friday, 5 
April 2017 and a male from Stockbridge Village. Merseyside Police said that at 
around 3.35pm, patrols in Sovereign Road, Stockbridge had stopped 3 men, 1 of 
whom was suspected to be in possession of cannabis. Following a search, cannabis 
and a loaded handgun were found. The firearm has been seized for forensic 
examination. 20 year old, Ryan Dawson, from Stockbridge Village, was later 
charged with possession of a firearm. Dawson was kept in custody and appeared at 
Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Remand Court, Liverpool, on Monday, 8 May 
2017. A 19 year old male, from Croxteth, was also arrested on suspicion of 
possessing a firearm and possessing cannabis, along with a 23 year old male, 
from Kirkdale, who was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm, have both 
since been released under investigation. |