A man has been charged after a firearm and bullets were found in Southport.
At around 5.30pm on Saturday 16 August, Merseyside Police received a report of criminal damage at Manchester Road in Southport.
Officers attended and detained a man at that location. Following a search of a car, officers found a gun and bullets inside the vehicle just a few hundred yards away from Southport Police Station.
Yesterday, Tuesday 19 August, Liam Clarke, 34 years, of no fixed abode but originally from Plymouth, was charged with possession of a firearm without a certificate and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday 16 September.