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, Wigan and Lancashire in the early hours of Wednesday 9 March.
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Police said the warrants were executed after detectives discovered a Salford criminal network involved in money laundering and drugs supply.
Seven people have been arrested so far this morning on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering.
In excess of £200,000-worth of class A drugs have been recovered along with £30,000 in cash.
Greater Manchester Police said the raids were not linked to the murder of Paul Massey or the recent tit-for-tat shootings which have blighted Salford over the past 18 months.
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Superintendent Mark Kenny of Salford division said: “We are continuing to disrupt and destroy organised crime groups in Salford and across Greater Manchester.
“We want to show our communities that we are listening to them and taking forceful action against those who are trying to ruin our communities. Our aim is to remove those involved in serious crime and to make communities safer as a result.”
Supt Kenny said there was no “overnight solution” to gang crime in Salford but that his officers would continue to dismantle organised networks “piece by piece”.
“We need people to come to us with information about those involved in organised crime, so we can continue to remove criminals from our streets.
“Drugs, money laundering and the plethora of crime that these people commit are blighting the innocent, hardworking people in our communities.
“I want to stress that if you come forward with what you know, we can offer you complete anonymity and I assure you that you will have our full support. If you don’t feel you can talk to police but you have information, you can speak to Crimestoppers anonymously.
Anybody with information should contact police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Main image: Greater Manchester Police
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