Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A huge machete was found inside a stolen vehicle in Wigan..
Officers posting on the GMP Leigh, Atherton & Hindley Facebook page reported on Monday (July 19).that the find came after Neighbourhood Beat Officers (NBO) in Leigh had been conducting an operation into knife crime.
On patrol, police located a vehicle, which had been reported stolen from the Merseyside area, and discovered the weapon inside. Read more: 'A true legend': Tributes paid to 19-year-old who died in the water at Salford Quays The weapon has been seized and will now be destroyed.
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