Four arrests in GMP crackdown after violence rocks suburb
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have arrested four people as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Platt Bridge. Yesterday (Wednesday), neighbourhood officers arrested two men - aged between 20 and 25 - and a woman in her 30s on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, police said.
A teenage boy was also arrested on suspicion of vehicle interference. The arrests were made as part of a clampdown on anti-social behaviour in the area.
They came after stop-and-search powers were stepped up following several 'incidents of violence' in the neighbourhood, including an incident where a gang of armed youths smashed up a property and 'made threats of violence' last Wednesday (May 3). READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Sergeant Doug Chadwick, from GMP’s Neighbourhood Policing Team in Abram, said: "Police officers and PCSOs regularly patrol hotspot areas to ensure that anti-social behaviour is not tolerated.
We will use all of ours and our partners resources and powers to ensure we make Wigan a safer place to live and work. "The people in our communities tell us that anti-social behaviour is important to them because it impacts upon their ability to live their lives.
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