The Eurovision Song Contest kicked off on Tuesday night (May 9) with its first live show in Liverpool. The annual competition is being held in the UK on behalf of last year's winners Ukraine after Sam Ryder took second place in the 2022 competition.
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A property suspected of being used as a 'drugs den' was raided and shut down with seven arrests made, police have revealed.
Officers from a specialist operation swooped on the building on Bury New Road on the outskirts of the city centre on Thursday, with images showing illicit prescription medication was seized.
Greater Manchester Police said the property was suspected of being used as a base by criminals to supply drugs.
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During the raid two men, aged 52 and 33, were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs. A further three men - aged 43, 25 and 21 - were held on suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs, together with a 17-year-old male. And on Friday, a 45-year-old man was also arrested in connection with the raid, held on suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs
The force said Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service went on to deem the building unsafe and issued a full closure order.
The raid came as part of Operation Vulcan, launched to tackle organised crime in the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas and counterfeiting.
Detective Sergeant Matthew Donnelly said: "We all know the devastation that illegal drugs can bring to communities and Operation Vulcan is working hard to disrupt and dismantle the supply chains operating out of the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways area.
"The illegal supply of illicit prescription medication is also a key problem in the area and we are intent on tackling it. Misuse of prescription drugs can lead to fatal consequences and there have already been several cases where people have become seriously ill as a result of acquiring them illegally.
"People’s lives are being destroyed by the misuse of prescription drugs,
The Eurovision Song Contest kicked off on Tuesday night (May 9) with its first live show in Liverpool. The annual competition is being held in the UK on behalf of last year's winners Ukraine after Sam Ryder took second place in the 2022 competition.
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