Police helicopter footage shows 300 people at illegal gathering at farm in Wigan
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereDespite police advice, many people made off from the event via the railway line with officers working alongside Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP) to mitigate the dangers posed to the group.Officers were notified of an unlicensed music event taking place at 8.45pm last Saturday by the owner of the farm who had returned to the 320-acre site to find a large number of people gathered there with music equipment and loud music playing.A large co-ordinated response took place, led by GMP – supported by the Force’s dedicated operation for large-scale COVID breaches – with assistance from Cheshire Police, BTP, NPAS and Network Rail.Deployed resources stopped access to several routes to the site, and a section 35 dispersal order was.
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