Officers are appealing for help finding a teenage boy with links to Manchester. Mikro was last seen on Wednesday, October 12.
26.09.2022 - 00:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Police have seized £2 million in cash as part of a crack down on criminals since April. One bust included £37k in cash and £10k worth of drugs from a raid in Wythenshawe.
Greater Manchester Police’s Economic Crime Unit (ECU) continues to crack down on illegal proceeds of crime.
The Asset Detention and Recovery Unit have successfully obtained forfeiture orders at court to the value of £2 million, entirely made up from seized criminal cash. The £37k found during a search of an address in Wythenshawe where a kilo of cannabis was also seized and had an estimated worth of £10k at street level, with digital scales and vacuum packs also found in the property.
At another warrant executed in Oldham, officers seized drugs and just over £18k in cash.
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Detective Sergeant Sarah Langley, from our Asset Detention and Recovery Unit, said: “The ADRU team is dedicated to recovering criminal assets and dismantling networks that are involved in crime to ensure that the money is taken from criminals and re-invested into our communities. The forfeiture of £2 million is a huge achievement for our team, but our work does not stop here, we will continue to crack down on criminals who think they can reap the benefits of their criminality by using all powers that are available to us under the Proceeds of Crime Act to seize any illicit assets.”
The large amount of money that has been recovered will now be re-invested by GMP back into policing, as well as local community projects through the Asset Recovery Incentive Scheme (ARIS). Over £50k will be funnelled into the GetAwayNGetSafe (GANGS) project, just one of many community led programmes which will
Officers are appealing for help finding a teenage boy with links to Manchester. Mikro was last seen on Wednesday, October 12.
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