A man has been charged with murder two years after the death of a Wigan man. At around 7pm on 8 November 2019, Greater Manchester Police responded to reports of a disturbance at an address on Wigan Road in Leigh.
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A man has been charged after two suspected loaded guns were found hidden in a safe.
Police said the firearms were found after officers carried out a raid in Partington in Trafford on Tuesday (August 15). The warrant was executed as part of Operation Avro - a crackdown on crime in each borough in Greater Manchester every month.
Two 'viable, loaded firearms with ammunition' were found 'hidden in a safe', police said. They were seized.
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Neil Rainey, of Derbyshire Road, Partington, was charged with possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of ammunition and possession with intent to supply class A drugs. The 30-year-old has been remanded into custody.
A number of other warrants were carried out on Tuesday as part of the operation, with a number of other arrests also made. Chief Superintendent Colette Rose, GMP’s Commander for Trafford, said: “Thanks to our exceptional officers, we have seized two viable firearms from the streets of Manchester.
“Our fight against knives and firearms in Greater Manchester will continue day in and day out.”
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