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Face of Wolverhampton cafe owner jailed after guns and cocaine found stashed at business

This is the face of a Wolverhampton cafe owner who has been jailed after firearms and around £4,200 worth of cocaine was discovered at the city centre business.

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Top Nosh Cafe owner Jagtar Dhinsay was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court on November 15.

The 50-year-old, of Oaklands, Wombourne, was arrested after officers armed with a warrant carried out a swoop at the business in Hampton Walk off Queen's Square on August 14 following a tip-off. 

Jagtar Dhinsay has been jailed. Photo: West Midlands Police
Jagtar Dhinsay has been jailed. Photo: West Midlands Police

A revolver, 43 cartridges and 96.65 grams of cocaine along with a large amount of cash was discovered during the police raid.

Firearms were discovered at the business. Photo: West Midlands Police
Firearms were discovered at the business. Photo: West Midlands Police

Dhinsay was sentenced after pleading guilty at a previous hearing to two offences of possessing a prohibited firearm, three offences of possessing ammunition without a certificate and a charge of possession with intent to supply cocaine.

Pictured released by West Midlands Police shows the firearms which were recovered from inside the business.

Firearms seized by police at Top Nosh Cafe. Photo: West Midlands Police
Firearms seized by police at Top Nosh Cafe. Photo: West Midlands Police

DC Carla Logan, from the Complex Investigation Team at the force, said: “Firearms and drugs play a significant role in criminality on our streets. 

Weapons seized at the business. Photo: West Midlands Police
Weapons seized at the business. Photo: West Midlands Police

"It persistently erodes communities, ruining lives and blighting communities. We hope this sentence will offer a deterrent to other criminals who act in this way.”

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