Exclusive: Police Snatch Bullet-Riddled Car Linked to Waterlooville Drug Shooting
Police have recovered a bullet-pierced car tied to a brutal Waterlooville shooting, sources reveal. The uninsured vehicle was reportedly used to haul large drug hauls from a local housing estate, as part of the investigation into the shooting of notorious dealer Jamie Sibley.
Life-Threatening Gun Attack Rocks Waterlooville Estate
Sibley, who has terrorised the neighbourhood by flooding it with drugs, suffered life-changing injuries in a gun attack early Monday morning (13th February 2017) on Athena Avenue, Crookhorn.
He was rushed into emergency surgery after being shot in the head and remains in critical condition at southampton/" title="Southampton" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">Southampton General Hospital.
Dramatic Police Sting Nets Suspects and Bullet-Riddled Kia
In a swift swoop on Tuesday, officers stopped a black Kia Sedona in Waterlooville, arresting the driver and seizing the vehicle. Neighbours described the arrest as tense and unexpected.
A sixth individual is still in custody, facing intense questioning by murder squad detectives.
Forensic Breakthrough Links Bullets to Victim’s Surgery
The car, believed to have belonged to a man now deceased and originally part of a mobility scheme, is being combed for evidence at a secure forensic centre.
Crime scene specialists have painstakingly removed bullets from the vehicle’s many holes. These have been forensically matched to the bullets extracted during Sibley’s surgery, cementing the car’s role in the shooting.
Police continue the hunt for the firearm used in the attack.
