A knife and a sword were recovered from the scene.
Specialist officers were deployed after threats were being made and two men in the address weren’t engaging with police force negotiator.
The entrance to the address had been barricaded with sofas and other furniture, as officers tried to gain entry and ensure the incident safely concluded. The suspects were found hiding in a concealed cupboard.
This is the day-to-day risk our officers are prepared to face: not knowing what they were walking into and having every reason to believe the two women could come to serious physical harm.
Two men, aged 31 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of kidnap, possession of a bladed article and recall to prison.
Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker said:
We know local residents in the Atherton area will have seen a large police presence earlier as our specialist officers tried to ensure this incident was brought to a safe resolution within an hour.
We have released some images from the officers’ body-worn video to give the public an insight into the kind of dangers our officers face on a day-to-day basis to keep the people of GM safe.
Our officers are brilliantly trained and committed people who can face unpredictable and highly dangerous incidents with professionalism and skill to do the job very few of us could do.
