Armed police seized drugs, a stolen car and cash during the latest raids in an operation into the criminal use of encrypted mobile phones. Two alleged class A drug traffickers, aged 35 and 38, were also arrested during the operation in Oldham and Rochdale at 5am today.
Police later confirmed class A and B drugs, mobile phones, designer clothing, a stolen car and cash suspected to have been the proceeds of crime were seized as three properties were raided. Officers from GMP backed by the Regional Organised Crime Unit and armed officers executed three drug warrants at properties in Waterhead in Oldham, the Langley area of Middleton and in Lower Place in Rochdale.
The raids are the latest in a huge police investigation into the criminal use of EncroChat mobile phones.
