Two shootings in September and a fresh outbreak of violence on New Year's Eve has led to police using extra stop and search powers in a district of north Manchester. Greater Manchester Police introduced so-called Section 60 powers in Harpurhey and wider area for 24 hours.
The move followed a shooting on September 23rd when bullets were blasted into a home in Evanton Walk in Harpurhey at 2am. Three days later gunshots were fired at a house in Penn Street Moston at around 9.45pm on Monday September 26th. No one was injured but police said both shootings were 'targeted', linked, and being treated with "a high level of seriousness".
In a dramatic swoop police arrested a 29-year-old man from north Manchester after an armed strike by specialist officers in Prestwich on September 27th in the car park of Aldi supermarket in Prestwich. The suspect was detained when police stopped a black Audi that he was driving. He was out on licence at the time of the incident for another serious offence and has since been returned to prison.
