Pair found with guns and ammunition jailed

Two men caught with three guns and ammunition in the back seat of a pick-up truck have been jailed.

Joseph Steele, 34, and Sheera Virk, 24, were spotted by police in a suspected cloned vehicle at Trowell Services on the M1 in Nottinghamshire on 30 March, 2023.

After fleeing the scene, they were involved in a crash with a lorry, at which point officers discovered a black case containing the firearms in the Ford Ranger.

Virk, from Whitnash, and Steele, of Stratford-upon-Avon, were jailed for eight and nine years respectively at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday.