Doncaster drug dealer caught with converted pistol jailed for seven years
Brandon McMullen was arrested after a crash on Campsall High Street in April
A Doncaster drug dealer who was caught in possession of a converted pistol is starting a seven year prison sentence.
27 year old Brandon McMullen, of Grange Road, Doncaster, was arrest in April after a motorbike he was riding crashed into an oncoming van on Campsall High Street.
He was found to be carrying a bag containing dozens of wraps and heroin and cocaine, as well as a blank firing gun which had been converted to fire real bullets.
Police examining his phone managed to uncover McMullen's role in a drugs line which had made around £41,000 in the preceding two months.
He admitted firearms, drugs and driving offences at Sheffield Crown Court, where he was jailed and also banned from driving today.
Investigations Officer Sarah Millns, of South Yorkshire Police, said:
"Firearm enabled criminality brings mindless violence into our communities and we will not tolerate this in South Yorkshire.
"Not only has a dangerous man been jailed but this investigation has ensured that an illegal weapon, which caused have caused irreparable damage to the public, has been taken off of the streets.
"Converted blank firing weapons make up a large proportion of firearms discharges in our county and we are relentless in our approach to tackling this form of criminality.
"We need the public to continue to help us in order to keep putting these dangerous criminals behind bars, and so I would urge anyone with information on the use of firearms in South Yorkshire to get in touch with us."