Cops found stun gun inside Lego box during raid of Lanarkshire home

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Police officers swooped on a Blantyre house after a tip that there might be firearms stored there. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week that they found a stun gun in a Lego box in the loft.

Jordan Moore, 24, was accused of possessing a prohibited weapon at his home in Welsh Drive in November 2018.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He visited on occasions but was never in the loft.Asked to explain his fingerprints being on the tape and paper, Moore said he had similar tape that he kept in a toolbox.He told his lawyer, Jackson Bateman, that he believed he had been set up, but didn't know by whom.