Five people were arrested on Thursday morning (June 29) as a sawn-off shotgun and a gas-powered Glock pistol was seized along with thousands of pounds worth of drugs in dawn raids. Three addresses in Rochdale, on Canon Street, Halifax Road, and Colley Street were raided by police where £40,000 in cash was also taken.
Four men and women between the ages of 20 and 42 were arrested in the raids. They remain in custody being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
These raids came as part of county lines drug trafficking investigations in the Rochdale area. County lines drug dealing involves transporting the illegal substances from one area to another - often across police boundaries - usually using children or vulnerable people who are exploited by gangs.
