Prison for man with shotgun

A man found in possession of a shotgun and ammunition has been jailed for six years.

Police carried out a warrant at Connor Sweeney’s home in Staffordshire Street, Cambridge, on 22 April, suspecting he was dealing drugs.

While searching the 20-year-old’s home, officers found a shotgun and 15 shells in the garden shed as well as cocaine, cannabis, nitrous oxide cannisters, mobile phones, cash and a wooden truncheon.

At Cambridge Crown Court on Friday (15 November), Sweeney was sentenced to six years in a young offender’s institute after previously pleading guilty to possession of a firearm, concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin, possession of an offensive weapon in a private place, two counts of possession of cocaine and concerned in making an offer to supply cannabis.

Detective Constable Samuel Andrews said: “Tackling serious street-based violence, drugs and ridding Cambridgeshire’s streets of weapons like this is a priority for the force.

“Weapons and crime often go hand in hand and the sentence given to Sweeney shows just how seriously the court takes these incidents.”