Police issue appeal for Wigan man 'wanted in connection with aggravated burglary charge'

direct to your inboxA man has been charged after police found 60 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated £1.8m on a lorry at a compound in Heywood.Vladan Petrovic, 39, has been charged with possession of Class A controlled drugs with intent to supply.He was due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrate's Court today (Wednesday).It follows the discovery of what was suspected to be cocaine in a lorry on Hareshill Road in Heywood on Monday.Some 28 kilos of suspected drugs were found initially

Bury.

direct to your inboxPolice investigating the supply of class A drugs in south Manchester are looking for these three young men.They have appealed to the public to help trace Mohammed Sadigh, 29, Hamza Badawi, 22, and Zuhir Nassrat, 22.Greater Manchester Police released the names and pictures of the trio in a statement in which they appealed for help from the public to track them down.The trio 'are wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply class A drugs between January 2017 and December 2020

Bolton on Saturday.Officers arrested Carla Couperthwaite, of Halliwell Road, to 'prevent a breach of the peace', according to Greater Manchester Police's Bolton neighbourhood team.But as she was being arrested, the woman 'began spitting at officers', says the force.After the incident, police say the woman was then 'racially abusive' towards another police officer exercising their duty.She has now been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence and the assault of an emergency

two men they want to speak to. Officers were called around 11.55am on January 20, 2021, to a report that two men were 'behaving suspiciously' on Fairmount Road, Salford.

direct to your inboxPolice have made another arrest in connection with the murder of a man in north Manchester. Alan Murphy, 39, was found in a critical condition after officers were called to Whitstable Road in Moston on February 18.Police arrived at the scene shortly before 4.50pm after reports that a man had been stabbed.

direct to your inboxPolice are appealing for help to find a man who is wanted in connection to criminal damage and threats incidents in Cheshire.Mohammed Ashraf, who is also known as Tahir Ashraf Chaudhery, is from Greater Manchester.The 53-year-old is now believed to be in the Northwich area of Cheshire.Police said he also has links to Manchester, Cheadle and Stockport.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very

Wigan.

direct to your inboxPolice discovered cannabis plants after being alerted to an attempted break-in in Stockport.Police were called to reports that two men were trying to break into a property on St David's Road in Cheadle shortly after 1pm yesterday (Thursday).Officers attended and two men - aged 26 and 28 - were arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by

Wigan.

direct to your inboxHundreds of fines have been handed out for Covid breaches in Greater Manchester in the last week - including at weddings, house parties and Manchester Airport.Illegal barber shops in garden sheds, unlicensed backroom bars and crowded premises with no social distancing have been discovered during enforcement visits.The number of Covid-related incidents reported to police rose by almost a quarter in the last week as the half-term and a change in weather has seen more people

Bolton by just a few metres of tarmac, those living in the four rows of terraces facing the rectangular park stood on their front steps, in their garden paths and at their windows as crime scene investigators arrived.

Bury. Officers were called to a property in Daisyfield Court, off Bolton Road, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday (February 17) to a report of concern for the welfare of a man.

direct to your inboxImages have been released of two men police want to speak with after a couple and their son were attacked in a car park at the Trafford Centre on Christmas Eve.Police believe there are 'links' between the men pictured and the Middleton and north Manchester areas of Greater Manchester.Greater Manchester Police said officers were called at 5pm on December 24 last year to reports of a father, mother and son being attacked by three other men.It happened in a car park of the

straight to your inboxWhen Pep Guardiola, serial winner and excuse avoider, started whingeing that four minutes of added time is not enough, against the team second from bottom, the depth of the problem became apparent.Manchester City were down in ninth place after that stultifying 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.They were not even in the conversation when the destiny of the Premier League title was discussed, and there was even talk among the more impatient Blues of the manager’s time

and Wigan. A spokesman for GMP sad: “Have you seen Dale Bailey from Leigh? “He's wanted after failing to appear at court after being charged with aggravated burglary. “He is known to have links to Leigh, Atherton and Wigan in Greater Manchester.

direct to your inboxThe Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester held a closed meeting with Trafford council this week to discuss policing, following the city-region’s police force being placed into special measures.The meeting came after local calls for Mayor Andy Burnham to set out an action plan to bring Greater Manchester Police ‘up to scratch’ in Trafford.Conservative members of the council criticised the fact that the meeting was held in private and felt members of the public,

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola used the emphatic end of Liverpool's unbeaten home record to laugh off suggestions that Manchester City have killed off the title race.A 4-1 thumping of the champions at Anfield on Sunday was seen across the land as an effective ending of this season's competition between the two sides that have dominated English football in recent years, with City now ten points ahead of rivals Liverpool and with a game in hand as well as a superior goal difference.