Samurai sword, jewellery and cash seized as five arrested in Rochdale dawn raids

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Five men were arrested while high-value jewellery, a samurai sword and £2,000 cash have all been seized in a string of dawn raids across Rochdale.

Officers carried out warrants across the borough this morning (March 16) as part of a major crackdown on class A drug supply across Greater Manchester, Cumbria and North Wales.

Two kilos of cocaine had already been seized during the operation before police recovered cash and items during today's raids.

Four men from Rochdale, aged between 23 and 27 ,were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. A 57-year-old man from Rochdale was also arrested on suspicion of being part of an organised crime group.