Nine arrested in Greater Manchester and West Midlands drugs raids

Photo Credit - GMP

Dawn raids saw nine people arrested as part of a crackdown on drugs across Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. 

Police executed warrants at 12 addresses across Manchester, Trafford, Suffolk and West Midlands this morning (6 March).

The warrants were executed as part of Operation Friction, a Serious and Organised Crime Group investigation, which targeted an organised crime network supplying drugs across the UK.

The seven men and two women were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs.

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