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Nearly 20 police cells opened in Bolton as part of GMP's drive to improve

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Nearly 20 police cells have been reopened in Bolton, as part of GMP’s drive to ‘catch criminals and lock them up’. The reopening of the Scholey Street custody suite brings the force’s total number of cell blocks up to eight, from seven.

Having been used temporarily over the Bonfire Night period in 2021 — traditionally a very busy period for all three emergency services — the permanent reopening of the 18 cells will help officers ‘keep the people of Bolton safe’.

Already, the new block has welcomed ‘a significant number of detainees since opening its doors yesterday evening’, the force says.

They included ‘people arrested on suspicion of burglary, controlling & coercive behaviour, theft, stalking, and public order offences’.

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