Dramatic bodycam footage has revealed the moment a suspect was chased by police through the woods before being arrested 'knee deep in a river'.
04.04.2024 - 12:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man was arrested in Merseyside this morning as part of a Greater Manchester Police investigation into an 'organised crime family'.
The 24-year-old was arrested in the early hours by officers in GMP's Organised Crime Group. His property, in the Wallasey area, is now being searched.
The suspect was arrested on conspiracy to conceal, transfer, and disguise criminal proceeds. He remains in custody for questioning.
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Police believe his role in the organised crime conspiracy was to 'collect cash payments from customers across Merseyside'. "The money would then be used by those higher up the chain to purchase wholesale amounts of cocaine", GMP added.
Detective Constable Marc Walby, from GMP Serious Organised Crime Group, said: “The arrest this morning forms part of a wider investigation that we have been running into a suspected organised crime family in Liverpool.
“Stripping criminals of their finances has a substantial impact on crime, and we are actively seeking to disrupt illicit cash flows and prevent organised crime groups from laundering and re-investing their money into further criminal activity.
“The reality is that the profits of crime are often used to fund more serious and organised violence in our communities and we hope the results today show the public that we are proactively disrupting this type of behaviour.”
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