Cars seized and five arrested in major crackdown on crime along town's roads

21.03.2022 - 16:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Five people have been arrested while cars and drugs have been seized as part of a major crackdown on crime in Rochdale. More than 30 vehicles were targeted during the operation last week, as neighbourhood officers targeted those who use the borough's roads to commit crime, including dangerous driving and drug dealing.

Police also carried out speed enforcement in the evening and early hours of the morning, on roads highlighted as a risk by members of the community in Kingsway and Kirkholt. Three vehicles were seized for issues such as driving without insurance or being suspected as stolen, and the drivers involved are due to face court.

Officers also carried out a number of stop searches in the area, leading to 15 pieces of intelligence being gathered. Greater Manchester Police says those pieces of information can be 'acted on bringing even further enforcement'.

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Officers arrested five people on suspicion of:

Possession with intent to supply, dangerous driving, theft of motor vehicle, offensive weapon

Possession with intent to supply class A drugs

Dangerous driving

Driving whilst unfit through drugs and cultivation of class B drugs

Causing grievous bodily harm, following an alleged attack with a machete

PC Chadwick, one of the neighbourhood officers working on the operation alongside PC Jones and PC Timms, said: "I hope this reassures our communities that we want to work alongside them and we will tailor neighbourhood policing priorities to what they want and will listen to them.

"The work shown here is just a small snap shot of what goes on behind closed doors and is only a few days' work. I'd ask people if they want