During a week of action Greater Manchester Police conducted a total of 30 warrants, resulting in 40 arrests across Greater Manchester, with 20 active drugs lines closed down.
They seized over £34,000 in cash and a substantial amount of class A and class B drugs were also seized. These included heroin, amphetamines, cocaine and cannabis.
Mobile phones, weapons including stun guns, zombie knives, crossbows, and an axe were also confiscated. Electric bikes, designer goods and high-value electronic devices were also recovered.
Several vulnerable individuals were safeguarded during the week
The week kicked off on Monday 2 March 2026 after officers seized cannabis with an estimated value of between £402,600 and £1,006,500 following an early morning warrant at an industrial unit on Gardner Street, Pendleton, Salford.
Inside the property, they found a substantial cannabis grow spread across multiple rooms, along with equipment used to power and maintain the operation.
The electricity supply had also been dangerously bypassed, posing a serious fire risk to neighbouring properties.
Six men aged between 20 and 42, were arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis and abstracting electricity, with five charged and one bailed with conditions.
On Wednesday 4 March, Challenger officers from Oldham, with the help of our Tactical Aid Unit (TAU), executed two early morning warrants at a residential address and a business premises as part of an investigation into a drugs line operating in the local area and shut down a county line.
The suspect tried to evade arrest by making a run out of the back of the address, however, officers surrounding the property managed to catch and arrest him.
This resulted in a man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply of class A drugs. Class A drugs and a mobile phone were seized during searches.
In relation to this investigation, a series of warrants were also executed at other addresses in Oldham with further individuals were arrested. Five men have been charged
On Friday 6 March, three warrants were executed across Northenden and Salford which resulted in another county line being shut down. This activity was part of an investigation into a County Line involved in the supply and distribution of class A and class B drugs including Ketamine, cocaine and cannabis.
Three men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of various drug related offences, and officers recovered a substantial amount of class A and class B drugs as well as phones and cash. Four people were charged in relation to these warrants.
