City's shootings almost halved in crackdown on feuding Salford crime gangs

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Shootings have almost halved, and 180 people have been arrested in an operation to diffuse a violent gang war in Salford.

Scores of weapons, drugs, and cars, have been seized too. A special team was set up as part of Operation Naseby in April 2020 after a total of 25 shootings mostly involving a feud between two rival criminal groups, in the space of 12 months in the city.

Covertly, and sometimes by using highly visible patrols, the team collated intelligence in a bid to bring multiple prosecutions of the city's gunmen and violent criminals.