13 men aged between 15 and 40 years of age were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after dawn raids this morning on 14 properties across Oldham and Crumpsall as well as a property in West Yorkshire.
The action comes as part of Operation – a long-running investigation into serious public disorder occurring on Saturday 18 May this year in the Limeside area of Oldham when Missiles were thrown and police vehicles damaged during a disturbance at a Tommy Robinson campaign event.
As part of ongoing enquiries, police have released the images of 26 people that they want to speak to.
As part of ongoing enquiries, police have released the images of 26 people that they want to speak to.
Chief Superintendent Neil Evans of GMP’s Territorial Commander with responsibility for Oldham said: “As the scale of this morning’s operation demonstrates, we continue to treat May’s disturbance with the upmost seriousness.
“We have been in liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service since the early stages of the investigation and a team of detectives has been working to identify those whose criminal behaviour resulted in the ugly scenes witnessed.
“Investigators have been working alongside key local partners as part of our extensive enquiries. Specialist detectives from our Major Investigations Team as well as local officers have been involved in hours of work assessing evidence and information received from the public.
“While we have made a number of arrests, our enquiries remain very much ongoing.
“In conjunction with this morning’s positive action, we have released a number of images of people who we want to speak to concerning their actions on 18 May 2019.
“As we have previously said, we understand and respect the right to peaceful protest and counter-protest. However we will not tolerate it when this crosses into criminal behaviour.
“Accordingly, we can and will respond when that line is crossed.
