US EditionJurors View Dramatic Moment Armed Police Arrest Neo-Nazi Teenager in Gun Sting
STRATFORD, EAST LONDON, JUL 3 – Alfie Coleman exchanged £3,500 for a Makarov pistol and ammunition in an MI5 sting, facing charges for attempted possession linked to neo-Nazi terrorism, court heard.
- Alfie Coleman, a 21-year-old from Great Notley, Essex, admitted to trying to acquire a firearm and was apprehended outside a Morrisons supermarket in Stratford, east London in 2023.
- The arrest occurred after a £3,500 transaction arranged with an undercover MI5 agent, involving the handover of a Makarov handgun along with multiple magazines and 200 bullets, as part of a carefully planned operation on the morning of September 29, 2023.
- Jurors at the Old Bailey have viewed video footage of Coleman dressed in a black tracksuit collecting the weaponry from a Land Rover Discovery in a supermarket car park as police confronted and handcuffed him.
- Coleman admitted to having 10 documents containing information that could aid terrorists and acknowledged holding a large amount of extreme right-wing material, while denying any intention to carry out a terrorist attack.
- The case's continuation at the Old Bailey reflects counter-terrorism efforts targeting extremist threats and the complexities of prosecuting possession and preparation offenses.
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