Teenage boy arrested and drugs seized after early-morning raid in north Manchester

Officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Challenger team have arrested a 16-year-old boy as work continues to disrupt the supply of drugs in north Manchester. 

The early-morning raid on an address in the Collyhurst area this week saw around 160 bags of cocaine and heroin, a large amount of cash and a mobile phone recovered. 

The suspect has now been charged with multiple offences including possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply, conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property, and has been remanded into custody following a court appearance. 

Programme Challenger – now in its 10th year – is a multi-agency response to organised crime groups involved in serious crime across Greater Manchester. 

Detective Sergeant Jamie Heaton, from GMP’s City of Manchester North Challenger team, said: “Challenger is committed to tackling organised crime across Greater Manchester and this type of work is going on every day. 

“The action taken this week will send out a strong message that dealing drugs is simply not acceptable and we are coming after people in those supply lines. 

“We rely on intelligence reports from the public and every day we are working to investigate criminal behaviour and make arrests, also taking criminals and drugs off the streets of our city. 

“I would urge anyone with any information about organised crime to tell police, either via 101, our website or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. Always dial 999 in an emergency.”