The Latest Breaking News from Cheetham Hill

‘This place is totally dead’: life after the crackdown on Manchester’s counterfeit capital

Police operations have transformed Cheetham Hill, once notorious for fake goods and organised crime, but many customers have disappeared too

The Guardian - UK · May 19

I didn’t realise how much I loved my home town until a terrorist attacked it. I pray unity prevails there

Last week’s attack on the synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, was also an assault on a model and diverse community, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

580 tonnes of counterfeit goods seized from Cheetham Hill shipping containers in 'record UK haul' worth £87m

It's been described as the largest single seizure in Europe in decades - police spent 14 days opening up 207 shipping containers

Manchester Evening News · Jul 3, 2023

"This is just the tip of the iceberg": Officers 'weakening the grip’ of criminal gangs in the UK’s counterfeit capital

'The counterfeit goods industry is not a victimless crime, it causes genuine harm to our communities, and it is something we are committed to stamping out'

Manchester Evening News · Mar 3, 2023

The wrecked caravan beneath a human waste pipe where a £20-a-day counterfeit street spotter may have lived

Police suspect he was living in a dilapidated caravan showered with human excrement

Manchester Evening News · Feb 28, 2023

It's the shabby gateway to the city centre...but the face of Manchester's notorious crime street is changing

A total of £40m worth of designer goods and 72 shops have been seized in the latest raids

Manchester Evening News · Feb 18, 2023

Revealed: UK’s missing child refugees put to work for Manchester gangs

Police focus search for asylum seekers abducted from hotels run by the Home Office on an organised crime area dubbed ‘counterfeit alley’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Police shut THIRTEEN Counterfeit Street shops in one swoop

'We want to work closely with local landlords and businesses making it a place for legitimate businesses to prosper'

Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2023

Urgent appeal to find man after police officer 'dragged by moving car'

Wahid Hussain has links to the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

Cheetham Hill 'like a ghost town' after Christmas crackdown on Counterfeit Street

Arrests were made and drugs and vehicles were siezed

Manchester Evening News · Dec 24, 2022