Man sentenced after attempting to flee Cheetham Hill from Operation Vulcan

On 5 November 2023, Sohail Majid was spotted by Operation Vulcan driving dangerously through Cheetham Hill. After failing to stop for police, a short pursuit ensued where he rammed officers in his vehicle, before making off on foot.

Thinking he had outsmarted police, he got into a taxi and set off towards Thirsk.

Working with colleagues from North Yorkshire’s Roads Policing Unit and resources from across GMP, Majid was tracked down and arrested with the car keys in his pocket, despite denying any knowledge of the incident which had occurred earlier that day.

Yesterday, Sohail Majid (15/08/03) from Stockton-on-Tees appeared at Manchester Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was given a ten-month suspended sentence and will face four months of a curfew with electronic monitoring.

Inspector Dan Cullum, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers said: “Our officers acted quickly and decisively to stop Majid, who was driving dangerously, putting lives of the public at risk, and it didn’t take long to track him down and arrest him in North Yorkshire.

“Our ability to catch Majid and bring him to justice is another example of how we’ve ben able to tackle a whole range of criminality in Cheetham Hill as part of Operation Vulcan – including traffic offences, aggravated burglary, drug related offences, and trademark offences.”