Cheetham Hill shooting: three arrests as police seize samurai swords, knives and drugs in Manchester dawn raid

Three men - aged 19, 20, and 21 - are in custody awaiting questioning over drug and other allegations.
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Police in Manchester probing a shooting in Cheetham Hill have made three arrests today (14 April) as part of their operation.

Sixty officers targeted eight addresses this morning, following on from a firearms incident a a collision between two cars on Cheetham Hill Road on Monday night.

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Police believe that was a ‘targeted’ attack’ and say today’s raids ‘demonstrate our commitment to ensuring such acts of violence don’t escalate between rival groups.’

Three men - aged 19, 20, and 21 - were arrested today on suspicion of offences including possession with intent to supply drugs, possession of an offensive weapon, and possession of class A drugs.

Police on a raid in response to the Cheetham Hill shooting incident Credit: GmpPolice on a raid in response to the Cheetham Hill shooting incident Credit: Gmp
Police on a raid in response to the Cheetham Hill shooting incident Credit: Gmp

A large zombie knife, several samurai swords, suspected drug-line phones, and a quantity of class A drugs were also seized from an addresses on the raids.

Police today thanked members of the public who had helped with information.

A BMW involved in the collision has since been recovered.

What did police say?

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Detective Inspector Paul Crompton, of GMP’s North Manchester division, said: “Today’s robust response to Monday night’s shooting demonstrates our zero-tolerance to incidents like this happening on the streets of our city.

“A great deal of hard work continues to go on to ensure that we maintain what has been a drastic downward trend in firearms discharges in the north of Manchester, and we are absolutely determined to not relent in our commitment to keeping people safe.

“Our enquiries into Monday’s incident continue at pace and I want today to send a clear message to anyone involved in this incident that if you’re involved in organised crime and you are engaging in violence in our communities then we will need no encouragement to come through your door and bring you to custody to speak to you.

“While our investigation has lots of lines of enquiry for us to explore, and our hunt for the weapon used continues, our action this morning is clear that we are keen to do whatever we can to disrupt criminality; targeting suspects, illicit assets, weapons and anything that may be fuelling this criminality such as drugs.

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“We’ve already had information from the public that has aided us in recovering a vehicle we suspect of being involved in the incident which we now have taken for forensic analysis - I appeal to anyone that may know something about what has happened or who was involved to contact us and help progress our investigation.”

Any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage is asking to get in touch by calling 0161 856 1146 or report it online at www.gmp.police.uk. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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