Case Studies
Showing how material from crime scenes can be linked to criminal activity in different force areas.

Merseyside Police press release:
Police officers were called to reports of shots being fired at a house on Montrovia Crescent at about 6.30pm on Tuesday 29 July. On arrival they found that...
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West Midlands Police press release:
A Dudley drug dealer, who assaulted a police officer before reaching for a loaded gun while he was being arrested, has been sentenced to ten years in prison....
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The National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) attended the annual War & Peace Revival show in Folkestone, Kent earlier this month to carry out checks on those selling items and to ensur...
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West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following a disturbance on a Leeds estate during which a man was shot and injured.
Shortly after 6pm on Tuesday (22 July), officers were call...
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Martin Parker, Lead Forensic Scientist for the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS), was invited to speak at the recent International Crimescience Conference.
The event took place ...
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West Midlands Police has launched a firearms surrender following a law change that will see anyone found with a gun risking life behind bars.
The new legislation, which came into effect on July...
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Greater Manchester Police is appealing for people to 'Give up the Gun' with a two week amnesty for the surrender of firearms and ammunition, starting at 7am on Saturday 12 July.
It's been six y...
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Officers from US Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE), part of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), visited the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) this week (9 July).
The...
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NABIS - The National Ballistics Intelligence Service has been working with the Home Office to bring about changes in the law around firearms.
Amendments to the Firearms Act 1968 will come ...
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Head of NABIS, Detective Chief Superintendent Iain O'Brien, has added his condolences following the death of West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones CBE.
Mr Jones, aged 59, passe...
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The innovative work of NABIS (The National Ballistics Intelligence Service) will feature in BBC Crimewatch Roadshow on Tuesday 17 June.
The BBC1 programme is on air live at 9.15am each weekday...
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Bob Jones, the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands force area, visited the Birmingham NABIS hub this week (May 28).
Mr Jones wanted to see for himself the innovative work being...
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With the European Union having raised firearms as a priority crime, UK officers are being seconded to the UK Liaison Bureau (UKLB) within Europol to help assist the drive to tackle gun crime and t...
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The work of NABIS the National Ballistics Intelligence Service is featured in a primetime TV programme.
Episode 1 of Britain's Crime Capitals' on Channel 5 was broadcast on Monday ni...
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And... whenever there is a problem, someone usually comes up with a solution. Fortunately NABIS has been paying close attention to some work under development in collaboration with Manchester Metrop...
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