Philip Maylen spent £16,000 on weapons, police said© National Crime Agency
A man who kept 28 firearms including pistols and shotguns at his village home has been jailed for five years and four months.
Police were alerted to Philip Maylen’s domestic arsenal when Border Force officials intercepted a parcel of gun parts addressed to him.
They raided his home in Kingsclere, Hampshire, in December 2024 and found four Glock pistols, nine shotguns, six long-barrelled firearms and a deactivated Bren machine gun among other weapons.
The 58-year-old pleaded guilty at Reading Crown Court to 15 counts of possession of a prohibited firearm and one count of possession of ammunition without a certificate.
A sub-machine gun (left) was among the weapons found at Maylen’s home© National Crime Agency
Maylen, of Penny’s Hatch, bought guns and components from companies in the UK, United States, Canada, New Zealand and Estonia, police said.
He spent at least £16,000 on weapons over a five-year period, according to the National Crime Agency.
NCA manager Tim Lambert said: "This is one of the largest caches of illegal firearms I have seen at a single address.
“Maylen also put himself at risk of being targeted by criminals who might have attempted to take the guns from him, had they known about them.”
The NCA said Maylen’s motive for stockpiling the weapons was not discovered.
The haul, found over the course of a two-day search, also included 11 replica firearms and 100 bullets, the agency added.
TWO THINGS COME IMMEDIATELY TO MIND (FOR ME)
- He also had (11) ‘Replica’ firearms (I hear 3 of them had those deadly Orange tubes sticking out f the barrels so when you pressed the Glock switch trigger on those scary black guns it made that horrifying
‘Rat a Tat tat’ gunfire sound that cause little children in my day to run for their Psychologists claiming PTS and other assorted maladies!. (Oh man where’s that zanax I hid from my Sister?) - 'He had over …wait for it1…(100) Bullets! OH DEAR! the Murdering Nazi Pig! His WARNAME is Phillip MAYHEM huh?
How many here reading this has an ARSENAL? (28 firearms or more per this article?) (don’t out yourselves just yet the ATF MONSTER is still very much alive and well!) (and Hungry)
How many have OVER (100) Bullets? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WPHEW!
WWG1WGA
NCSWIC
And this is why the ‘UK’ is circling the drain !
. Legit looks like they were unfolded and hung before the picture was taken…