West Midlands Police

Tomasz Samel was kidnapped and doused in petrol in 2019 after a £1 million haul of counterfeit cigarettes was seized by HM Revenue and Customs.

Four men jailed for £1m cigarette haul kidnap and torture

Man charged with murder after kidnapped man dies from burn injuries

Man rams police vehicles.

Watch: Man rams police vehicles - injuring three officers

The men would gain access to the properties by snapping the locks of the front and back doors.

Watch: Moment brazen men break into homes during £250k car theft spree

Man with combat knife walks through city centre.

Watch: Man with combat knife walks through city centre

Gang re-enacts killing of father.

Watch: Gang re-enacts the moment they beat a father to death in a park

Police used a chainsaw to raid a drug house where they arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of having a zombie knife.

Cops break into 'drug den' with chainsaw and make zombie knife arrest

Mridhul Kombara was thrown into the air when a car mounted the pavement and hit him.

Watch: Driver ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

A dozen people have been jailed for over 100 years after one of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which made £1.2 million a year was smashed by police.

Drugs gang gets smashed: Moment cops bust county lines criminals

Chilling moment thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

Jailed: axe-wielding thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

Dhiya Al-Maamoury ploughed into a crowd of people at an illegal street racing event - killing two teenagers Ben Corfield and Liberty Charris.

Watch: 54-year-old ‘boy racer’ ploughs into crowd killing two teens

The fire at the flat on Chase Road in Burntwood

Watch: Flat explodes into fireball leaving man fighting for his life

Chippy owner Zafar Iqbal. Bens Fish Bar on Warwick Road, Birmingham, October 22, 2024, where CCTV captured a man attempting to rob the place

Watch as knife-wielding fish & chip robber gets BATTERED by hero staff

Body worn footage shows officers before a raid on a suspected gangster's home in West Midlands.

Watch cops raid suspected gang of cash machine bandits with a chainsaw

A crash as a result of a drink and drug driver. This is the moment a shameless driver tells cops he was speeding at 76mph in a 30mph zone because he wanted to have a bit of a blast.

I drove 76mph on 30mph road and told police I wanted a bit of a blast

CCTV captures two men creeping up on the parked car

CCTV shows machete thug get shot in chest as he attacks rival
Chilling footage captures the moment a machete-wielding teenager was shot in the chest as he stabbed a rival in a church car park.
Emma Walker

The large blaze at a Birmingham grocery shop, Alum Rock Road, Saltley.

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

BMW driver filmed inhaling from what appeared to be a 'hippy crack balloon' on the M6.

'Idiot' BMW driver inhales from 'hippy crack balloon' on M6

Men attempt to rob car with machete as driver fills up.

Watch: Men attempt to rob car with machete as driver fills up

Pickpocket Abderahmen Berouaken caught targeting family.

Watch: Thief steals from shopper before he’s caught targeting family

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

A man firing shots at a house in Brookvale Road, Olton.

Terrifying moment gunman starts taking shots at house in leafy suburb

SWNS

Watch: Man 'taunts' police after stealing 12 tonne lorry by knifepoint

Tyjon Cogger & Saabir Mohamed pull into the car park where Saabir Mohamed opens fire with a sawn-off shotgun.

Watch: Chilling moment a gunman opens fire with sawn-off shotgun

Dash-cam footage captured the moment a bus ploughed into a car after the driver pulled out into a bus lane in Small Heath, Birmingham Picture from video by Birmz Is Grime / SWNS

Double-decker collides with BMW in bus lane - three hurt

The moment a hooded knifeman casually walked down the street brandishing a huge blade near a Birmingham primary school. Picture: Birmz Is Grime / SWNS

Chilling footage of 'brazen' knifeman near primary school

An arson in Villa Road, Lozells, Birmingham, saw officers help two people to safety.
Firearms officers who were out on patrol were the first on the scene after spotting the fire just before midnight on Sunday.
After alerting the fire service, officers entered the next-door building and led the occupants to safety.

Watch: Police rescue residents after late-night arson attack
Dramatic bodycam footage shows police on patrol rush into building after arson attack
Tom Morton

Edna and Alice Rowley murdered in 1987 in Sparhill, Birmingham

Watch on Shots! TV: The unsolved 1987 murders of Birmingham sisters

Liam Stych and Tia Draper rescuers who saved a woman and her child from a submerged car on Green Lane, in Hall Green, Birmingham. Picture: Anita Maric / SWNS

Watch: Man hailed hero after saving woman and child from sinking car

Horrifying CCTV shows the moment an elderly cyclist was sent flying through the air after a reckless driver ploughed into her.

The 71-year-old woman was left with a bleed on the brain after being hit by a Citroen C3 Flair being driven by Thomas Freeman, 29.

Breaking Watch: Elderly cyclist catapulted into the air after being hit by car

Martinho De Sousa (L), Tireq McIntosh (C), Kian Durnin (R) have been jailed for a total of 69 years for shooting children in a Wolverhampton playground. Picture: West Midlands Police

Dramatic moment gunmen who shot children in playground were arrested

CCTV capturing the dramatic moment a mum managed to pull her two-year-old daughter to safety seconds before her pram was crushed underneath a car in a heart-stopping crash (SWNS)

Mum and toddler narrowly avoid being killed in heart-stopping crash

The dramatic moment a Birmingham gun gang who hid bullets in Patak's curry jar are arrested by armed police

Breaking Gun gang hid bullets in curry jar

A man wanted on suspicion of burglary has been dubbed 'Britain's happiest suspect' after police released his mug shot showing him broadly smiling.Officers are hunting Abdul Holden, 19, after a break-in in Hall Green, Birmingham in August

Breaking Police hunt 'Britain's happiest criminal' after burglary

3 men arrested after 16-year old stabbed to death

Man who killed 2 people in rampage sectioned under Mental Health Act

Members of the community lay flowers at the scene of the crash on Turnstone Road, Walsall.

Teenager arrested after girl, 7, dies in tragic hit-and-run crash

Shocking dashcam footage shows driver leading police on 80mph chase through city...

Shocking footage shows driver leading police on 137mph chase - before jumping in...

Watch: this drone footage of a huge warehouse fire was used to guide firefighter...

Video grab taken from BBC Two of UKIP MEP candidate Carl Benjamin appearing on Victoria Derbyshire.

Jess Phillips 'sick' at interview with Ukip candidate who joked about raping her

West Midlands Police have now charged three Preston North End fans for allegedly attacking stewards and a police officer, as well as being in possession of Class A drugs.

Preston North End fans charged with attacking police officers and possession of ...

Lancashire Constabulary passed 194 new gun licences last year

This is how many people in Lancashire are legally allowed a gun

Photo issued by West Midlands Police of James Dempsey

Police appeal to find missing five-month-old baby

A man who is being questioned about a suspected break-in after police found him stuck in a takeaway extractor fan unit

Chicken surprise for man stuck for seven hours in takeaway extractor fan unit

Footage released by West Midlands Police

Arsonist jailed for torching homeless man's tent

The unnamed cop was handed 12,127 in damages

Police officer gets Â£12,000 payout after being bitten by a flea at work

Police said no-one was injured in the accident on the M6

Wrong-way driver caught on camera moments before M6 motorway crash

The untitled Harry Potter prequel handwritten on a postcard by Rowling has been stolen in a burglary in Birmingham

JK Rowling makes plea to Harry Potter fans after hand-written prequel stolen

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