Eight people have been arrested and 12 vehicles so far seized in a joint crackdown on cross-border criminals using our regions roads. Operation Crossbow, aimed at tackling a string of offences including drug dealing, dangerous driving, human trafficking, and modern slavery, saw Cheshire Police join forces with GMP and deploy over 150 officers onto the roads.
Swathes of officers were initially briefed in the Warrington IKEA car park, before setting off to 'catch the bad guys' who use roads across Manchester and Cheshire to commit their crimes.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras were used by officers to virtually monitor vehicles crossing between the counties, with stop checks made on all vehicles that were linked to criminal activity or operating on the roads illegally.
