At just before 7.30am this morning, two houses - just a few doors down from each other - are about to be woken up by an almighty smash.
One police car pulls up around the corner, two vans follow.
Just seconds later, officers quietly leave the vehicles and position themselves in front of the two houses.
Around a dozen specialist Tactical Aid Unit officers split between the two - focused and ready to break the silence of dawn.
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The first huge bang comes as a battering ram is forcefully smashed against one door.
Shouts of 'police, police, open the door' echo around the street.
Glass from the door pane goes flying everywhere as one house is broken into.
Just as the officers go running inside, the officers at the second house start ramming.
As the door caves in, one officer shouts 'in, in, in, in' as the rest run through the hallway.
Shouting can be heard from inside one the houses as officers start to search.
Neighbours, woken up by the huge smashes, come out to see if everything is ok.
An officer tells them that everything is under control.
A few minutes pass and it starts to get lighter outside, by then the street is flooded with police vehicles.
One woman, a worker at a nearby nursery, walks over to the police.
"Is everything alright?", she asks, "do we need to be on lockdown?"
Again she is reassured that officers have the situation under control.
Chief Superintendent John Webster visits the scene on Rupert Street in Reddish, Stockport, to oversee the warrants and speak to his colleagues.
Just half an hour before these raids, GMP officers from all over the region gather at the Edgeley Park stadium for a briefing.
Ch Supt Webster rallies them up over a megaphone.
"We will be showing the people that we're here to prevent crime, detect crime and protect the vulnerable", he tells the officers as they sit in the stands.
"We will be showing our community that Greater Manchester Police is a force for good", he adds.
"Be proud, hold your head high, make good decisions and do the right thing."
Back in Reddish, officers find drugs and cash inside one of the houses.
A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class B drugs.
Both, with their hoods up covering their faces, are led away by officers into separate vans.
They are now in custody.
Before these raids, warrants are carried out in Brinnington, Adswood, Edgeley and other parts of Reddish.
A cannabis farm is discovered at a house on Bonar Road in Edgeley and a man is arrested.
At around 10.30am, police, Trading Standards officers and Billy the sniffer dog arrive on nearby Castle Street.
Billy is specially-trained in sniffing tobacco and is taken into several shops to detect any illicit goods.
In one store, cigarettes with unusual branding are found and seized.
At the same time, officers are sweeping parks all over the borough for weapons.
Traffic enforcement operations, patrols in areas plagued by anti-social behaviour and crime prevention surgeries are also held throughout the rest of the day.
This is all part of GMP's Operation AVRO, which the Manchester Evening News was invited to follow today (January 27).
AVRO is a forcewide initiative that sees a day of action carried out in a different district.
So far, crackdown days have been held in Salford, Trafford, Manchester and now Stockport.
Ch Supt Webster tells the M.E.N he hopes today's day of action 'will be an opportunity for the community to see what our police service is all about'.
"We're out and about in the community, we're executing a number of warrants on suspected drug dealers houses, we are stopping cars which are uninsured", he said.
"We will be operating reassurance visits to victims of domestic violence and lots of other activities.
"So today, this morning, this afternoon and this evening, you will see the streets and the community full of uniformed police officers.
"It's all about protecting people, preventing crime, bringing offenders to justice and looking after the vulnerable in our community.
"I'm really proud of what's happening today."
