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Residents in Oldham and across Greater Manchester are being urged to spot the signs of modern slavery and report...

Children across Greater Manchester have watched a compelling play warning them about criminal exploitation from county...

A dedicated Modern Slavery Team in Programme Challenger is urging people to spot the signs of exploitation.

Police in the borough have coordinated with colleague across the region and other forces to clamp down on county lines offences.

Greater Manchester Police has been named as the fourth police force in the country to receive dedicated funding to take...

The force will receive additional support and investment from the Home Office over the next three years to take down county lines drug networks.

Crackdown on mobile phone use in prison as cannabis, spice laced paper and screwdrivers seized from cells Crackdown on illicit mobile phone use in prison as cannabis, spice laced paper and screwdrivers seized from cells Illegal phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized following an operation to crack down on organised crime gang members operating from inside prison. Following a significant increase in the number of phone throw overs - where mobile phones are thrown over the pris...

Crackdown on gang members using illicit mobile phones in prison Date published: 10 April 2021 A joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police, HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit Illegal phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized following an operation to crack down on organised crime gang members operating from inside prison. Following a significant increase in the number of phone throw overs - wher...

Guards raid Forest Bank prison cells of top gang members and seize mobile phones and drugs We are well aware that people still try and orchestrate their empires from inside the jail Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Mobile phones, steroids, sim cards and electric contraband were found during a police operation targeting the cells of senior gang members at a Salford prison. Tobacco, cigarette papers, cannabis, Spice-lined paper, lighters and screwdrivers were also found durin...

1/1 ILLEGAL phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized after a crackdown on organised crime gang members operating inside a prison. Following a significant increase in the number of phone "throw overs" – where mobile phones are thrown over the walls of a prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire was launched. Greater Manchester Police (GMP), HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) worked together on the operation...