Greater Manchester Police named specialist county lines force
The force will receive additional support and investment from the Home Office over the next three years to take down county lines drug networks.
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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 prison walls at the prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Gre...
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' - where mobile phones are thrown over the prison walls at the prison, a joint-operation named Operation ...
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 during an operation at Forest Bank prison in Agecroft. Cells were searched at 4am by prison officers wo...
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. Intelligence-driven targeted cell searches were carried out and 14 phones, two devices similar t...