Head Topics

Police seize guns, cash and drugs in Greater Manchester crackdown

  • 📰 MENnewsdesk
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 34 sec. here
  • 11 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 48%
  • Publisher: 69%

Crime News

Police,Guns,Cash

Guns, cash and a huge amount of drugs were seized by police across Greater Manchester during a week-long 'county lines' crackdown. The term county lines is used to describe the illegal transportation of drugs from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries. The mobile phone number used to take drug orders is referred to as the 'county line'. Children are often exploited to run drugs, with the homes of vulnerable people also used to hide drugs and cash, known as cuckooing.

Guns , cash and a huge amount of drugs were seized by police across Greater Manchester during a week-long ' county lines ' crackdown. The term county lines is used to describe the illegal transportation of drugs from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries. The mobile phone number used to take drug orders is referred to as the 'county line'.

Children are often exploited to run drugs, with the homes of vulnerable people also used to hide drugs and cash, known as cuckooing. READ MORE:From Windermere, via Wigan, to the cartels of Dubai - how detectives smashed international drugs ring Every police force in the UK joined in with and contributed to a week of raids carried out last week. Nationally, eight XL bully dogs and more than 600 weapons including guns, nunchucks and knuckledusters were seized from gangs, with a total of 1,874 suspects arrested and 245 drug dealing phone lines closed down. In Greater Manchester, officers executed 49 warrants, resulting in 85 arrests and 12 active drugs lines shu

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

Police Guns Cash Drugs Greater Manchester County Lines Crackdown Illegal Transportation Arrests

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 23. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Man dead after 'falling from height' as police execute warrant at apartmentsGreater Manchester Police attended a property on Hamerton Road, Manchester in connection with a criminal investigation
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »

Trafford Park incident: Major incident declared by Greater Manchester PoliceFirefighters, police officers and paramedics are on the scene
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »

Police deploy 'knife arch' at Greater Manchester tram stopA police crackdown continues today
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »

Life in the 'close-knit' Greater Manchester town where house prices are booming'I've lived all over Greater Manchester and as far as a town centre goes, you will not find much better than here'
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »

'Huge loss' for Greater Manchester town as Booths set to turn into AsdaIncreased costs have forced the high-end shop out of the town
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »

The Greater Manchester town that got £200million taken out of its pocketsAs the council sets the budget for next year, this is what people think of council spending.
Source: MENnewsdesk - 🏆 23. / 69 Read more »