{"id":34620,"date":"2021-03-25T13:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=34620"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:58:13","slug":"man-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-firearm-offences-after-police-find-gun-in-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/man-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-firearm-offences-after-police-find-gun-in-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to six years in prison for firearm offences after police find gun in bush"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 26-year-old man from Sheffield has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison after he was found guilty of possessing a firearm.<\/p>\n

Junaid Maroof, of Edgedale Road, was arrested on 5 August 2020 when he was stopped by police after he started running in a \u2018panicked\u2019 manner when getting out of his car and seeing Armed Response Officers.<\/p>\n

After searching nearby bushes which Maroof had been running towards on Lumley Street, near the outskirts of the city centre, officers found a hand gun and six rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n

Maroof was quickly arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and taken to Shepcote Custody.<\/p>\n

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Pictured: Junaid Maroof<\/p><\/div>\n

Superintendent of the Armed Crime Unit, Ian Profitt, said stopping people who use weapons to cause \u2018fear and harm\u2019 in communities is important.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMaroof\u2019s sentence is a direct result of the co-ordinated work on-going to link the shootings across the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed and continuing to work hard to disrupt the organised criminality across Sheffield.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes following a bumper year for weapons across the city, with crimes involving weapons and violent crime rising over the past seven years.<\/p>\n