Detectives are investigating following a rape in Manchester City Centre

Police were called at around 10pm on Sunday 13th February 2022 to Princess Street, Manchester City Centre, to a report that a male had been raped inside a property. Enquiries have since established that before police arrived, the victim fled the property just before 10pm stopping members of the public from passing in the street, […]
Two men from Manchester and Liverpool have been jailed for over 15 years today following a covert investigation into their criminal activ…

The investigation centred on the use of the encrypted communications service Encrochat, which Remez Caffrey and John Chean were both using to import and supply class A and B drugs. Following the takedown of Encrochat in June 2020 as part of the UK-wide Operation Venetic, GMP was made aware of a user handle on the […]
Two men from Manchester and Liverpool have been jailed for over 15 years today following a covert investigation into their criminal activity as leaders of an organised crime group in Manchester

The investigation centred on the use of the encrypted communications service Encrochat, which Remez Caffrey and John Chean were both using to import and supply class A and B drugs. Following the takedown of Encrochat in June 2020 as part of the UK-wide Operation Venetic, GMP was made aware of a user handle on the […]
Detectives are releasing an e-fit of a man following an assault in Manchester City Centre

At around 11.30pm on Friday 15 October 2021 the victim – a 34-year-old man – was walking in the Deansgate Interchange and Chester Road roundabout area of Manchester City Centre. He was then approached by two males who asked him for a cigarette. The victim told the males he didn’t have any and was […]
Police are appealing for information about a serious assault in Rochdale, which has left a man in hospital in a life-threatening conditio…

At around 3amon Sunday 27 February 2022, Officers received a report of an unconscious male on Packer Street in the town centre. Enquiries have established that the man, who’s believed to be in his 30s, had been punched and had subsequently fallen to the floor. Two men, aged 23 and 25, have been arrested on […]
Police are appealing for information about a serious assault in Rochdale, which has left a man in hospital in a life-threatening condition

At around 3amon Sunday 27 February 2022, Officers received a report of an unconscious male on Packer Street in the town centre. Enquiries have established that the man, who’s believed to be in his 30s, had been punched and had subsequently fallen to the floor. Two men, aged 23 and 25, have been arrested on […]
Police are appealing for information about a serious assault in Rochdale, which has left a man in hospital in a life-threatening condition

At around 3amon Sunday 27 February 2022, Officers received a report of an unconscious male on Packer Street in the town centre. Enquiries have established that the man, who’s believed to be in his 30s, had been punched and had subsequently fallen to the floor. Two men, aged 23 and 25, have been arrested on […]
A man who raped two teenage girls before subjecting one to nearly two decades of abuse has been jailed

Mohammed Saleem of Cannon Street, Rochdale has been jailed at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for 33 years following a six-week trial in which he was found guilty of 31 offences including: • Six counts of indecent assault against a 14-year-old female • Rape of a 14-year-old female • Three counts of rape of a […]
A man found dead in Lancashire has been formally identified as Christopher Hughes from Wigan

37-year-old Christopher was found dead off White Moss Road South in the Skelmersdale area of Lancashire on Tuesday 22 February 2022. A post mortem concluded he died as a result of multiple serious injuries. Christopher’s mum, Susan, has paid tribute to him, saying: “The family of Chris wish everyone to respect their privacy at […]
Seven men have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered plots to sell a terrifying haul of automatic and semi-automatic firearms and to target a man in a revenge shooting

The men all pleaded guilty to charges which arose from Operation Venetic – the UK law enforcement response to the takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat. On 3 April 2020 Brandon Moore, 24, and Jordan Waring, 24, survived a shooting in Kersal, Salford. The men immediately began plotting with accomplice Umair Zaheer, 34, to hatch […]
Seven men have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered plots to sell a terrifying haul of automatic and semi-au…

The men all pleaded guilty to charges which arose from Operation Venetic – the UK law enforcement response to the takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat. On 3 April 2020 Brandon Moore, 24, and Jordan Waring, 24, survived a shooting in Kersal, Salford. The men immediately began plotting with accomplice Umair Zaheer, 34, to hatch […]
Seven men have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered plots to sell a terrifying haul of automatic and semi-automatic firearms and to target a man in a revenge shooting

The men all pleaded guilty to charges which arose from Operation Venetic – the UK law enforcement response to the takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat. On 3 April 2020 Brandon Moore, 24, and Jordan Waring, 24, survived a shooting in Kersal, Salford. The men immediately began plotting with accomplice Umair Zaheer, 34, to hatch […]
A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain

The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, large scale drugs trafficking and supplying firearms and ammunition.
A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain – (ID 52…

The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, large scale drugs trafficking and supplying firearms and ammunition. The NCA’s Most Wanted campaign is run in conjunction with independent charity CrimeStoppers, Spanish law enforcement, UK policing and comes on the back of the extremely successful Operation Captura fugitives campaign, which resulted in the […]
A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain

The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, large scale drugs trafficking and supplying firearms and ammunition.
Police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the stabbing of a man in Trafford

Officers were called to a business premises on Upper Chorlton Road in Trafford just after 10.00am on Saturday to reports that a man had been stabbed. Emergency services attended and found a 21-year-old man with potentially life-threatening injuries. He’s recovering in hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition. Investigating officers established […]
Kent Police officer face of Government 20,000 on new officers on the beat

The government’s successful drive to protect the public by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers has entered a new phase with the launch of a new advertising campaign. More than 11,000 people have already joined the police as part of the recruitment drive, helping to cut crime by 14% (excluding fraud and computer misuse), remove 16,000 […]
Kent Police officer face of Government 20,000 on new officers on the beat

The government’s successful drive to protect the public by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers has entered a new phase with the launch of a new advertising campaign. More than 11,000 people have already joined the police as part of the recruitment drive, helping to cut crime by 14% (excluding fraud and computer misuse), remove 16,000 […]