A third person has been charged after a firearms incident in November 2019 which prompted the formation of Operation Haemus.
Ahsan Shabbir aged 19, of Greenstead Avenue, Cheetham Hill, has been charged with single counts of the following: possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear and violence; conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent; possession with intent to supply controlled drugs, namely cocaine; concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely cocaine; concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely heroin.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 28 January 2021.
Police raided properties in Cheetham Hill last week as part of the investigation which followed an incident in November 2019, when two men – aged 20 and 18 – were seriously injured after suffering gunshot wounds to the leg on Copthall Lane in Cheetham Hill.
