Operation Vulcan seize another £40k during routine patrols

Last night (Wednesday 29 March), at around 6pm, Operation Vulcan came across a man on Harris Street, Strangeways, who had an unexplainable amount of cash in his car.

When officers searched the car, they found over £40,000 in a box in the back seat.

The man, aged 34, has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and remains in police custody for questioning.

Sergeant Dan Cullum, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers said: “This arrest is another example of why relentless policing in the area is so important as another routine stop search has resulted in large sums of suspected dirty cash being seized.

“These shops are turning over thousands of pounds worth of profit every day, all of which is being funnelled into serious organised crime and funding drugs, weapons, trafficking, and exploitation in the area and across the region. 

“Let this be a warning, our presence will not subside until every last bit of criminality has gone.”