From 3pm today (Saturday 15 October) until midnight, police have continued Section 60 powers in parts of Trafford.
These temporary additional powers allow police to stop and search people in the areas and immediate vinicity of the Metrolink stops until midnight tonight.
This follows proactive work over the last three days, as before the last Section 60 yesteday that was authorised during yesterday 11 incidents were reported of 14 crimes, victims being aged between 13-18 years.
The order follows recent robberies in the area that has seen a young man and a young woman threatened with a knife in separate incidents since last Sunday evening. Fortunately no one has been injured.
