Four men believed to be leading members of a gang blamed for the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones have been arrested.
The suspects, thought to be part of Liverpool’s Croxteth Crew, were held in a series of raids on homes across the city.
At one, officers found a sub-machine gun, two sawn-off shotguns and ammunition stashed inside a tumble drier.
Police believe the cache had been hidden for a revenge hit after a shooting on Saturday.
Although the arrests are not directly linked to Rhys’s death they are the first major strike by police against the gang believed responsible.
One of the men held in the raids is 52, while the others are all in their 20s. A woman in her 20s was also arrested.
Imagine living next door to a veritable arsenal of weapons. It reminded me of when we lived in Moreton on the Wirral. One night all hell broke loose. There were police cars everywhere and bright lights shining outside. We found out next day that they were raiding a house round the corner where an Irish couple were making bombs for the IRA in their garden shed.
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