"You shouldn't be surprised if your door comes in on Christmas Day." That's the tough message one of Greater Manchester's top cops has sent out to criminals this festive season.
With just days to go before Christmas, hundreds of police officers took to the city's streets as part of a huge crackdown on crime.
All across the city, doors were rammed, drugs and weapons were seized and arrests were made as part of a massive policing operation. READ MORE: Huge cannabis farm worth MILLIONS discovered just off Deansgate The day of action was part of Operation Avro, which sees GMP target criminals in a different borough each month.
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