A man has been arrested at an address in Reddish on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) traced the man and made the arrest this morning (Friday 20 December).

In addition, yesterday morning (Thursday 19 December) officers carried out four search warrants across Greater Manchester, to arrest individuals believed to be involved in the supply of drugs from the Caribbean.

It all forms part of 'Operation Concept', GMP's dedicated initiative which aims to tackle drug supply across the region - GMP have been working alongside UK Border Force to track and trace such 'fast parcels' and the criminals behind them.

At the aforementioned properties, police recovered approximately £120,000 in cash, four kilos of cocaine, 32 ounces of ketamine, 10,000 MDMA pills and other illicit drug items.

Detective Inspector James Coles from GMP's Serious Organised Crime Group said: "People think they're reducing the risk of being caught by using parcel deliveries rather than the more traditional methods like street dealing, but this couldn't be further from the truth.

"Across Greater Manchester Police, we're working closely with Border Force and international law enforcement agencies to intercept these packages and build strong intelligence pictures which will assist us in securing convictions for these types of offenders and ultimately prevent them from harming our communities."

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