Operation AVRO
Operation AVRO is our force-wide monthly blitz on local crime which runs in a different district each month.
We will bring you real-time updates including images and video as activity continues throughout the day.
This afternoon, officers executed a warrant in response to concerns about a potential cannabis farm in #Tameside. This was part of a series of warrants to target suspected cannabis farms and to disrupt serious and organised crime across the district.
Thank you to everyone for staying up to date and supporting Operation Avro, which has made a powerful impact across Tameside today. This operation is all about tackling the crimes that matter most to you and making our community safer.
- 14 warrants executed
- 41 arrests made
- A large-scale cannabis farm linked to serious and organised crime has been dismantled
- Class A drugs seized
- Arrests for rape and serious child sexual offences
We’re also working hand in glove with partner agencies across the district to safeguard and support those who need it most.
A massive thank you to all the officers, staff, and partners who have been working relentlessly throughout the day and will continue into the evening to tackle the crimes that matter to you most.
Officers and Trading Standards carried out a search at a storage unit - images by Trading Standards
Earlier today our officers along with our partners seized a haul of potentially harmful products that have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester.
Our joint activity will continue as a show of strength to the criminals, and to reassure the community that we remain committed to protecting them.
We're tackling drivers using our roads illegally across Tameside today. This morning we arrested an individual on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified.
Several other offences are being tackled too, including speeding, using mobiles behind the wheel, vehicles on the road illegally, and other offences.
Our tactical mounted unit has deployed to Hyde town centre. They're out doing hi-vis patrols across Tameside today to reassure the community and deter criminality.
Our team are in Clarendon Shopping Centre giving out crime prevention advice and information.
We're running a knife arch in Tameside today at major transport hubs as part of our work to tackle knife crime and keep our communities safe.
The law is changing on 24th September 2024 and to help reduce knife crime, it will be against the law to own zombie-style knives and machetes from 24 September 2024.
To help reduce knife crime, you can take these to some police stations to dispose of them, and if the blade is eligible, you may be able to claim compensation for any items you hand in.
You can find out more about this here.
We also have our forever amnesty underway where you can anonymously deposit any other knife in one of our 13 amnesty bins. More info on this is here.
Our team in Tameside have discovered a huge cannabis farm on Katherine Street in Ashton. Work is underway to disrupt and dismantle the illegal operation as part of our ongoing work to tackle serious and organised crime and to protect and safeguard vulnerable people.
A multi-agency street briefing has taken place in Ashton-under-lyne attended by our officers, staff, and various partners from other agencies and local authorities.
We were also lucky enough to be joined by our beautiful four-pawed friend pictured below!
A suspect has been arrested in relation to alleged shoplifting-related offences #OpAVRO #Tameside
Update from the Deputy Chief Constable
Various members of our Chief Officer Team are out with our frontline cops today. Here is Assistant Chief Constable Boyle pictured during a warrant in Tameside this morning.
More photos and footage are now available after officers executed a series of warrants across Tameside early this morning as part of our #OpAVRO day of action.
Our officers were joined by partners for a multi-agency briefing ahead of #OpAVRO this morning.
Our teams are well-prepped and have deployed across #Tameside ready to take the fight to the criminals and tackle the crimes that matter to you the most.
We have executed two warrants at addresses on Broadbent Close, Stalybridge as part of #OpAVRO
Our monthly blitz on crime is back!
Our community messaging system ‘Bee in the Loop’ will allow you to choose what information you would like to know about including crime and incidents in your local area.
The system is also an invaluable investigative tool and that we can use to appeal for information or intelligence and help to solve crime.
We will keep you updated on the work we are doing to raise awareness of the work our teams are doing to keep you safe.
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Officers and staff are running a crime prevention and information stall at Tameside College's freshers fayre