Three arrested after drugs packages thrown over HMP Forest Bank wall into exercise yard

direct to your inboxA pedestrian has been injured in a road traffic collision in Middleton.Police were called to reports of a road traffic collision on Rochdale Road at 7.35pm last night.A spokesman for GMP says a pedestrian was receiving medical treatment.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereA male has been arrested and is in custody. Police say the investigation is

This white Christmas ended with three men arrested on drug charges.  More than $600,000 worth of drugs -- hidden inside pizza boxes -- were seized by authorities in the U.K. after police discovered cocaine, marijuana and cash during a raid of two homes on Christmas Eve, according to the Greater Manchester Police Department.  More than half a million pounds worth of drugs found in pizza boxes have been seized following raids in Greater Manchester on Wednesday.

direct to your inboxA drugs boss and his 'loyal and trusted workers' have been jailed for flooding the streets of Manchester and Oldham with heroin and cocaine.Dorian Bell spearheaded the long-running enterprise over two years, recruiting 'vulnerable and naïve young men' to do his bidding.He was arrested three times but carried on dealing, only stopping because he had been remanded into custody.Bell, 23, has now been locked up for nine years after admitting three counts of conspiracy to supply

direct to your inboxA determined drugs boss carried on operating even after being arrested twice.Dorian Bell's involvement in selling heroin, cocaine and ecstasy only stopped when he was remanded in custody.He and a number of other dealers face lengthy sentences for their role in an Oldham and Manchester based drugs gang, in which 23-year-old Bell played a 'leading' role.Police recovered significant quantities of drugs and also found a safe house the gang used in the Green Quarter of Manchester

direct to your inboxA driver who was on 'a cocktail of drugs' has been jailed after crashing his Audi into a biker and leaving her with life-changing injuries. Paul Ashe, of Altrincham Road in Manchester, failed a roadside drugs test after police were called to reports of a crash on the A558 Daresbury Expressway in Runcorn at around 8.15am on September 5 last year.

Bolton, last night (December 18) after a white Vauxhall Insignia smashed into the front of a house near Welling Street. The window frame was bent back and the wall was broken due to the crash.

direct to your inboxFour teenagers who were arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy in Moston have been released on bail.Alexander John Soyoye, known as John, died following a report of a stabbing on Birchenall Street on November 7.On Friday (December 18) morning police executed warrants at five addresses in north Manchester as part of the investigation.Four teenagers, all aged 17, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.Police say they have now all been released on

direct to your inboxA man has been jailed after he was caught with £20,000 worth of class A drugs in his underwear at Manchester Airport.David Whyte, 40, was attempting to board a flight to Dubai when he caught the attention of security staff by attempting to avoid the queue for the body scanner.Whyte and a woman he was travelling with were noticed by staff near the screening area of the airport on the evening of October 6, 2019, before his scheduled flight to the UAE.Liverpool Crown Court was

direct to your inboxPolice seized cocaine, cannabis and heroin following dawn raids in Tameside today.Officers also arrested four men in suspicion of drug dealing after executing warrants at two addresses in Hyde.The suspects remain in police custody and are being questioned.Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers recovered cocaine, cannabis and heroin with an estimated street value of £10,000, alongside cutting agents and several thousand pounds in cash.Four men, 19, 26, 32, and 51, were

direct to your inboxA Strangeways shop council bosses say flogs 'counterfeit clothes' has been shutdown.Town hall chiefs say it was 'found trading illegally in a premises that lacked any Covid-19 safety measures'.Police, trading standards and Home Office officials raided the Bury New Road shop on December 3, Manchester council said in a statement.After cutting open security shutters, inside, officials found two staff and six customers.None of whom were wearing masks, the council said.There was

direct to your inbox A teenage boy has been arrested after two men - one a wheelchair user - were hit by a car in north Manchester. It follows an incident on Fold Street in Moston just before 11am yesterday (Wednesday).

Bury and the daughter of a major drug dealer from Doncaster, Manchester Crown Court heard.

direct to your inboxThree arrests have been made in dawn raids carried out to crackdown on the supply of class A drugs.Officers raided properties in Moss Side, Longsight and Manchester city centre this morning (Tuesday). They were searched as part of GMP 's Operation Bathurst, an investigation into the supply of class A drugs in the Moss Side and Longsight areas.

police team in Greater Manchester has taken to social media to share news of its particularly 'busy week'. GMP Leigh, Atherton and Hindley posted about a string of incidents that they have spotted, while patrolling Leigh, since last Thursday (November 26).

here A spokesman for Sodexo, which runs the privately operated jail, said: “An assault on a Prison custody officer is currently under a police investigation so it would be inappropriate to comment further.” Another source said: "The member of staff spent time in hospital with burns after having a bucket of hot water thrown on him by a prisoner."Earlier this month the Manchester Evening News reported how masked men on motorbikes torched a car outside the main entrance of Forest Bank.Footage from