Fifty six arrested in two days as police track down wanted across county
26.05.2024 - 20:19
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Fifty six suspects wanted for a range of crimes, including, murder, rape, robbery, and firearms offences were locked up in a two-day operation. All were held by Cheshire police after months of planning.
A wanted list was drawn up before local policing units, the Special Constabulary, and specialist departments from across the force combined to track down suspects. The Economic Crime Unit, Roads Policing, and the Serious Organised Crime Unit were then also deployed to arrest them.
Across the county, suspected shoplifters, burglars and domestic abuse perpetrators were arrested alongside those suspected of firearms offences, criminal damage, serious assaults, aggravated burglary, robbery, rape, and stalking. Four suspects were immediately returned to prison as they had been recalled for breaching prison release conditions.
A 23-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a murder in south Yorkshire was also arrested in Chester.
In total 56 suspests were held with a number handing themselves into local police stations after two-days of arrest attempts and the serving of harbouring notices at their known addresses.
Superintendent Sam Billington, who led on the operation, said: "There has been some speculation that police are to reduce the number of people arrested, and I hope this operation shows that is simply not the case here in Cheshire.
"I'd like to reassure members of the public that Cheshire Constabulary will not stop arresting those who commit crime, and we will continue to do everything possible to make Cheshire a hostile place for criminals and bring perpetrators to justice, continuing with our commitment to keep the residents of Cheshire safe.
“We went out there furnished with information that would help us