Building on the team’s operational successes in Cheetham Hill and Piccadilly Gardens, Derker, in Oldham, will now be the latest initiative to join the ranks of Operation Vulcan.
The launch of this operation will see a team of dedicated GMP officers and partners carrying out sustained, strategic disruptive activity to directly combat the issues which the community tell us are affecting them the most.
Working with Oldham Council, a variety of partner agencies, and using specialist resources from across the force, we’re determined to tackle anti-social behaviour, drug crime, vehicle crime and anti-social driving, child criminal exploitation, cuckooing, and violent crime.
Over the last few weeks, the Operation Vulcan team have been in Derker, getting to know the community, what their issues are, and conducting proactive patrols. In this time, they are already seeing positive results and progress. They have:
- Made 21 arrests for offences including possession of drugs, possession of weapons, money laundering, and firearms offences.
- Seized 12 vehicles which have been uninsured, driven dangerously or anti socially, or used to facilitate crime.
- Executed four warrants including a cannabis farm and a commercial premises where large quantities of class A drugs were seized.
- Seized an electric bike they suspect to have been used in criminal activity in the area.
