A WORCESTER man has pled guilty to possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs and a string of firearms and weapons offences.
Peter Want, 46, of St Paul’s Street, Worcester, was convicted of possession with intent to supply a class A drug – cocaine.
Other offences include possession with intent to supply a class A drug – heroin.
He appeared at Worcester Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, February 8) over offences committed last May.
Want also pled guilty to two counts of possession of a blade in a public place – black handled axe and a brown sword in a sheath.
He was also convicted of two counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place in relation to a Samurai sword and a small black sword possessing a disguised firearm, a ‘pen gun’.
Other convictions included possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate and possession of an imitation firearm in a public place in relation to a firing pistol.
And he was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place for a crossbow and possession with intent to supply a class B drug – cannabis.
He is due to be sentenced on Thursday, March 7.
Det Cons Callum Godwin, of South Worcestershire Reactive CID, said: “Colleagues from the local policing priorities team and specialist firearms officers stopped Wants’ vehicle, recovering a quantity of heroin and crack cocaine from inside.
“Also recovered were numerous weapons including a viable firearm concealed as a pen.
“The Reactive CID Team progressed the subsequent investigation uncovering further evidence of drugs supply building a strong case against the defendant, which ultimately led to him pleading guilty at court.”
