Three crime gangs are involved in a bitter drugs and gun war...it started when dealers clashed, now things are personal - a young man was shot in the street last night

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

hereGMP launched Operation Haemus in 2019 to tackle the Cheetham Hill war, which began when the windscreen of a car was blasted by a gunman on Spender Avenue.Two men were shot in the legs in November in an afternoon drive-by shooting in Cheetham Hill Road.

A teenager was left with potentially life-changing injuries after being shot on Spender Avenue in January.There was a lull in the violence during the summer, but the intense feud has again exploded.Following three more recent firearms incidents - one on September 6 on Murray Street; a second on September 12 on Heath Street; and the shooting last night - police have widened the scope of Operation Haemus.Intelligence suggest the most recent incidents involve one of the Cheetham Hill crime.