Man found with Neo Nazi documents and discussed how to build homemade guns

A man was found with Neo Nazi documents, discussed how to make homemade guns and talked to extreme right wing groups on Telegram and Snapchat.

Nicholas Street, 20, first came to the attention of counter terrorism police during an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands into the activities of another man who was attempting to source a firearm.

Police later uncovered correspondence between the pair in which they shared information on how to manufacture a homemade gun.

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Street was subsequently arrested by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit (WMCTU) in December 2019 in connection with the investigation and detained under section 58 TACT 2000 offences.

Officers seized a mobile phone, laptop and other media devices belonging to Street. He was questioned by WMCTU and later released under investigation.

The investigation was then passed to Counter Terrorism Policing North West who conducted a full review of Street’s seized media devices. These devices were found to contain documents contrary to section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

A review of Streets chat applications, including Telegram, WhatsApp and Snapchat, revealed Street had also had conversations with extreme right wing groups concerning guns and a number of Neo Nazi propaganda and videos were located on his electronic devices.

On December 12 2020, Street was arrested by CTPNW in relation to the offences and was later charged with three counts of possession of material likely to be of use in terrorism contrary to section 58 of the Terrorism Act and one charge of encouraging terrorism contrary to section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of