11 men charged as machine gun found during drugs raids in Derby and Staffordshire

Eleven men have been charged with drugs offences after police carried out raids across properties in Derby and Lichfield.

The warrants took place on Monday 23 January following an investigation in the alleged production and supply of cannabis.

At one of the houses in Gerard Street, Derby, a Scorpion submachine gun was found in a shed – with officers also uncovering a substantial cannabis grow at a property in Downing Road in the city.

Following the warrants 15 people were arrested with eleven men now being charged with conspiring to supply cannabis.

 

The following have been remanded to prison:

Gentian Hoxha, 42, of Walden Close, Derby

Hyzi Gjyzi, 44, of Handel Street, Derby

Kristjan Kola, 27, of Vincent Street, Derby

Ardit Ramcaj, 33, of no-fixed abode.

Antonio Gjuzi, 18, of Woodside Gardens, Tottenham, London

Caush Gjuzi, 33, of no-fixed abode

Klaudjan Elezi, 50, of Gerard Street, Derby

Ali Gjuzi, 26, of Drewry Lane, Derby

Loreen Nuhu, 25, of no-fixed abode

 

Two other men have been charged and released on police bail:

Kishen Patel, 29, of Offerton Avenue, Derby

Ronald Rowland, 77, of John O’Gaunts Way, Belper

 

Four others, two men from Lichfield, and a teenager and a woman from Derby, have been released on police bail while enquiries continue.