Police who raided the home of a St Helens drug dealer found a pistol hidden under the floorboards of a bedroom.
Ryan Frederick, 22, was in his living room after a smoke with associate Nathan Mullen, also 22, when police burst in. Their search would discover 23 bags of cannabis scattered around the pair, as well as a modified firearm stashed under the floorboards of an upstairs bedroom.
The weapon was a Italian made Glock-type gun that fired blanks, however it had been shortened and re-bored so that it could be fired like a normal firearm. Police also found scales, almost £1,300 in cash and a bag of the adulterant benzocaine.
