Moment cops wielding GUNS snared drugs gang, seized £5,000 cash and cache of weapons in SIX UK-wide raids

INTENSE footage shows equipped cops snaring a drugs pack and seizing weapons and £5,000 currency successful six raids crossed the UK.

Addresses successful Manchester, West Yorkshire and Staffordshire were stormed by police carrying guns.

Cops accidental it is the effect of months of "meticulous investigations" successful a bid to escaped British streets of guns.

On Thursday morning, six warrants were executed crossed northbound Manchester, West Yorkshire and Staffordshire targeting a pack described by constabulary arsenic "one of the astir harmful successful Greater Manchester".

Dozens of officers were progressive successful the aboriginal greeting enactment astatine galore addresses crossed the 3 regions.

Class A drugs were recovered aft being launched retired of a model successful northbound Manchester and £5,000 successful currency was besides seized.

Four men person been arrested aft the bid of palmy raids.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the arrested men, aged 22, 21 and 2 19-year-olds, were held connected suspicion of conspiracy to person a firearm.

The cognition was led by the force's specializer anti-gang unit, codenamed Xcalibur.

Det Ch Insp Lee Moriarty said the portion was looking for superior organised criminals.

"We fishy this radical has a truly important foothold erstwhile it comes to harassment, unit and intimidation."

"We fishy them of ample standard drug-dealing, money laundering and the cuckooing of addresses."

Cuckooing is simply a signifier wherever radical instrumentality implicit a person's location and usage the spot to fell drugs oregon guns.

Meanwhile, successful Moston, a pistillate was seen opening her doorway and telling officers she has a babe inside.

It soon becomes evident the suspect they're aft isn't in.

Cops added that those impacted by raids - specified arsenic the pistillate and the babe successful the Moston location this morning - volition beryllium supported by officers and referred connected to different agencies for immoderate further assistance they whitethorn need.

Officers volition proceed to raid alternate addresses successful their hunt for that peculiar suspect.

DCI Moriarty said pursuing this morning's warrants: “Enforcement operations similar the warrants executed this greeting exemplify however earnestly we instrumentality issues of weapon crime and younker violence, and we volition ever proactively tackle these issues,"

"This supports and strengthens the enactment we bash each time of the twelvemonth crossed the unit to trim the menace of superior organised crime.

“Information from the nationalist is captious if we are to person a existent interaction connected organised transgression groups and I would entreaty to anyone who has accusation to travel forward.”

The raids travel aft Greater Manchester Police said they recovered 232 amerciable firearms betwixt 2020 and 2023, including 2 Skorpion sub-machine guns.

They besides reported a dependable alteration successful known firearms discharges.

Cops accidental determination were 58 successful 2021; 29 successful 2022; and 26 successful 2023.

The unit added that determination person been 18 incidents involving guns successful 2024 to date.