Solihull news

• Pair sought after student held for nine hours and robbed in Birmingham flat

  13-05-2015 00:00
  Two men are being sought by detectives after a student was lured to a flat in Birmingham city centre and held against his will while he was robbed and burglars broke into his house. The 25-year-old met up with a woman he made contact with online in February and was taken to a flat in the Abacus building on Bradford Street.
  
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• New PC recruit and his father 'in law'!

  13-05-2015 00:00
  Farooq and Karis Sheikh joined an exclusive West Midlands Police father-and-son club when Karis hit the streets last month as one of 82 new PC recruits. He's cutting his teeth in Birmingham with stints alongside response and neighbourhood teams and, as with all new officers, Karis will spend the first 18-months under the guidance of a seasoned officer.And in an ironic twist his mentor, PC Kam Samra, was coached through his early crime fighting career by Karis’ dad Farooq who’s an Inspecto
  
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• 10 in court following Black Country dawn raids

  13-05-2015 00:00
  Nine men and a woman arrested in dawn raids across the Black Country yesterday (Tuesday 12 May) are set to appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court.The 10 are accused of drug crimes, handling stolen goods and burglary and were arrested in simultaneous 6am raids across Tipton, Rowley Regis, Oldbury, West Bromwich and Bradley.
  
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