A man who operated a workshop converting blank-firing pistols into lethal firearms from his home in the West Midlands has been jailed.
Officers from the National Crime Agency’s Armed Operations Unit raided 50-year-old Alireza Nowbakht’s property in Mallin Street, Smethwick, on 22 December 2022.
He had purchased seven of the weapons online from a legitimate supplier and had them delivered to a nearby address.
NCA officers had Nowbakht under surveillance as he picked up the consignment and took them back to his home.
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