The sky is still dark and a shirtless man is given a rude awakening. Police vans have descended on a Tameside neighbourhood before 6.30am and officers are bashing down a front door.
From the other side, still bleary-eyed, the man watches the cops burst into his home. READ MORE: Girl, 10, in critical condition after being knocked off bike in hit-and-run They search the flat and he puts a t-shirt on, before being arrested. "What's all this?" he asks the police officer marching him over to a van, as he spots cameras along the way.
The officer replies: "It's the press, man. You're famous." He's one of two men arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and extraction of electricity following a raid on the property at Booth Close, Stalybridge.
It was one of the first raids carried out as part of Operation Avro. Each month, officers from across Greater Manchester descend on one of the region's 10 boroughs to stamp out crime and engage with the public.
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