19-year old charged with drugs and weapons offences in Birmingham

Officers found a homemade gun, zombie knife and machete on Thursday

Author: Tom HailePublished 13th Dec 2025

A man has been charged with multiple offences including weapons and drugs.

On Thursday (11th December), police recovered a homemade gun along with a zombie knife and a machete after a routine stop and search of a man on Soho Road in Handsworth.

Officers from Operation Fearless were on e-bike patrols when they became suspicious of the 19-year-old, who was stood near the junction with Barn Lane.

They searched the man and he was arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply.

Officers then carried out a search of an address on nearby Cranbrook Road and recovered a slam gun, which is a homemade weapon capable of firing projectiles, and the two bladed weapons.

Jamil Al-Jamil has now been charged with the following offences:

Possession of a firearm

Possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply

Possession of offensive weapon

He was remanded in custody and is set to appear before Birmingham Magistrates today (13th December).

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