The police investigation into the gun runners began when a litter picker found a weapon and ammunition
for their parts in the trading of modified firearms and ammunition.
The four, aged between 21 and 23, were caught out by police after a meeting held at a flat in the city to trade two modified Ekol pistols. Leeds Crown Court heard that a third, similar gun and ammunition was found weeks earlier by a litter picker near to the address of one of the defendants, prompting a police investigation.
Cameron Hanson, Clayton Johnson, Callum Scott and Alexander Fothergill were all jailed at Leeds Crown Court for trading illegal firearms.Anthony Deegan, 69, became involved in shipping high-purity drugs from Lancashire to Yorkshire in his VW car, Leeds Crown Court heard. More drugs were also found at his home in Acorn Way, Thorpe Willoughby, after his vehicle was stopped by officers on the M1 at Leeds.
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