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50 years ago: Teenage kicks for Eccles schoolboy with ‘purple heart’ pills in bus stop sting

As the so-called ‘Swinging Sixties’ got underway in Salford, youths enjoyed more freedom than ever before. Excitement grew over new music, new clothing, the...

Salford gang raids: Four arrests and large quantity of ‘serious’ drugs seized

Four people suspected of being involved in gang supply of Class A drugs were arrested in dawn raids in Salford today, Tuesday 20 September. From around 6am police from...

Salford armed house raid ‘like something out of a film’

Armed police raided a house in Salford on Sunday night with residents describing the surreal scenes like something from a movie. Police stormed onto Knutsford Street off...

Height bike bust leads police to Pendlebury ‘drug den’

A bike rider weaving through the streets of Irlams o’th Height led police to a suspected drugs den in Salford. Residents on Rothesay Road in Pendlebury told how...

Drug dealer caught with £250k heroin on M61 jailed

A man who was stopped on a motorway carrying a quarter of a million pounds-worth of Class A drugs has been jailed for seven and a half years. Wayne Antonio Henry, from...

Ten charged in suspected Salford and Wigan cocaine ring

Ten people from Salford and Tyldesley have been charged in suspected drug gang activity after police seized £200,000 in Class A drugs and £30,000 in cash. In a series...

Little Hulton shooting: Cocaine gang feud escalates with shotgun blast on Gorse Drive house

Police say a man with a shotgun walked up to the front door of a Little Hulton house and fired off rounds in a suspected intimidation attempt. Armed police locked down...

Salford gang crime cops seize £200k in Class A drugs and £30k in cash

Police investigating organised crime rings in Salford have seized huge amounts of drugs in dawn raids this morning. 15 homes were hit in Salford, Trafford, Manchester,...

Little Hulton man charged after police seize £27k in cash and 1kg of cocaine

A man has been charged after police found large amounts of cash and drugs at a house in Little Hulton. Drugs police executed a warrant on Old Lane, near the back of...

Salford police officer one of five charged in drugs corruption conspiracy

A serving police officer from Salford is one of five men charged in a major drugs conspiracy case. SalfordOnline.com broke the news yesterday of cannabis raids in...