'Get off the street': Video shows police battle to control huge group of youths after house party 'got out of hand'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukVideo footage has emerged showing police attempting to control dozens of teenagers who spilled out onto a busy main road after reports a house party 'got out of hand'.
Shocked residents in Castleton, Rochdale, filmed the huge gathering as officers from Greater Manchester Police raced to the scene in driving rain and storms on Saturday night.
As reported in the M.E.N., officers are said to have responded to multiple 999 calls from the village. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. One witness - who described the resulting situation as 'mayhem' and 'chaos' - claimed more than a hundred youths were involved and arrests were made by Greater Manchester Police, although this hasn't been confirmed.
It's understood youths began to gather on Charlton Street, the new-build estate off Manchester Road near St Martin's Church, before spilling out onto Manchester Road, stopping buses as police ordered them away.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
