A dangerous gang embedded in an estate blighted by drug dealing and violence have been the target of multiple shootings, police believe.
Merseyside Police have launched a concerted crackdown on the drug-dealing organisation, based in the Woodchurch estate in Birkenhead. The so-called 'Woodchurch Organised Crime Group (OCG)' is regularly classed by police gang experts among the "top three" threats to public safety and security in Merseyside, discussed at high-level weekly meetings.
As well as blighting their own neighbourhood with drug-dealing, violence and anti-social behaviour, the gang are known to supply drugs outside the area on a 'county lines' model, particularly in North Wales.
