Firearms seized in city centrepublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2019
Police seized two firearms in Birmingham city centre on Saturday night and described both as "viable".
The first was loaded and discovered on a man on Hurst Street shortly after 03:00 GMT on Sunday. He was arrested and remains in police custody.
The second was found in a separate incident on Berkley Street, after an 18-year-old man threw the gas-powered device into some bushes, West Midlands Police said, external.
The teenager was arrested but later released on bail.