Dispersal orders will be in place in four separate areas of Wigan and Leigh this weekend, due to a planned car meet in the borough.
Last month, Wigan was one of four Greater Manchester boroughs in which a huge car cruise event took place, along with Stockport, Trafford and Salford. On that occasion, around 30 cars met on Westwood Way, Wigan, and there were more than 350 vehicles involved in the event in total, GMP said.
Officers have now been authorised to use dispersal powers between 12 noon on Sunday November 20 and 5am on Monday November 21. Drivers caught driving dangerously, carelessly, or in an 'anti-social manner' will be arrested, GMP's Leigh, Atherton, and Hindley neighbourhood team confirmed. A force spokesman also stated that cars will be seized using powers under the Police Reform Act 2002.
