A MAN appeared in court today charged with seven firearms offences following police raids in Holme, Milnthorpe and Morecambe.

Paul Holmes, aged 49, of Station Road, Holme, appeared before magistrates in Barrow charged with:

  • Two counts of possession of a prohibited handgun (Sec 5 offence)
  • Two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life 
  • Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm (a sawn off shotgun) 
  • One count of possession of Section 1 ammunition without a certificate

He entered no plea and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance at Carlisle Crown Court on November 23.

The charge follows a joint operation by Titan (the North-west's regional organised crime unit), Cumbria Constabulary and the National Crime Agency, which resulted in ten weapons and ammunition being seized from a house in Holme and a farm in Milnthorpe on Wednesday morning.