Outlaws biker gang gun seized during a massive police operation
A gun seized during a massive police operation against the Outlaws biker gang was sent away for tests to find out if it was linked to a high-profile murder. Officers thought the semi-automatic handgun may have been the one used in the slaying of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin on the M40 last August.Ballistics experts later ruled it out as the murder weapon because it was a different type.The handgun was seized along with a sawn-off shotgun last Saturday as part of Operation Patch.It was the biggest police operation seen in the Forest and followed intelligence from Gwent Constabulary.The swoop involved 84 officers, including firearms teams carrying sub-machine guns, two specially- trained support units in full riot gear and dog handlers.They manned three checkpoints on the main roads into Cinderford. One was outside Steam Mills Primary School, the second opposite Yew Tree Brake Cemetery in Speech House Road and the third near Littledean CofE Primary School. All motorcycle riders, regardless of...