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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout

Moment armed cops swoop on man who didn't know he had grenades in his rucksack

This is the moment armed police swoop on a man as he unwittingly cycled away from a crime scene with hand grenades in his rucksack.

Cops forced Graham Wellings, 56, off his bike, pinned him to the ground and found two hand grenades in his bag.

The army's bomb disposal squad had to be called to make the two grenades safe, and almost 400 residents of Gorse Hill in Stretford had to be evacuated as part of a huge police operation across two days which smashed a cocaine, heroin and cannabis supply racket.

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