30/10/2026
🚔 A busy week for our South Manchester Tasking Team!
Our South Manchester Tasking Team have had some fantastic results over the past week. Here’s just a snapshot of what they’ve been up to 👇
⭐ Stolen motorbike recovered 🏍️
The team visited an address to locate a wanted male, they found an off-road motorbike parked inside the living room! Despite assurances the bike was legitimate, enquiries confirmed it was stolen. The bike has now been recovered and returned to the rightful owner in Lancashire.
⭐ Wanted for sexual offences
Following some detective work the team located a male wanted for sexual offences at an address in South Manchester and arrested him.
⭐ Serious domestic violence offences
The team located a male in Stockport wanted for allegations of domestic assault. He was subsequently charged and remanded in custody to court the next day.
⭐ Disqualified driver caught out 🚗
Whilst conducting enquiries on the district, a tasking team officer spotted a foreign-registered Audi behaving suspiciously, appearing to stop at green traffic lights. The vehicle was stopped by the team and checks revealed the driver had been disqualified from driving back in July. The vehicle was seized and the driver subsequently failed a roadside drug wipe for cannabis and was arrested.
⭐ One thing led to another… 🤦♂️
Would you believe it! Whilst waiting for the Audi to be recovered, tasking team officers spotted a male stumbling out of a white van in rather suspicious circumstances nearby.
The driver attempted to pass himself off as his twin brother. Unfortunately for him his Apple iCloud name didn’t match up, checks revealed he was disqualified from driving until he had passed an extended driving test. He is still yet to ever pass a driving test.
The team also recovered suspected ketamine and co***ne from inside the van. Further enquiries established that the male had driven all the way from Somerset whilst unfit through drugs. Vehicle seized and driver arrested.
⭐ Not quite what they were expecting! 🏃♂️
Whilst visiting an address in Wythenshawe in search of a wanted male, the tasking team encountered two males aged 18 and 14 attempting to jump from an upstairs window into the rear garden.
They recovered three knives and drugs, including a machete with an 18-inch blade. A high powered Surron electric Motorbike was also seized from the address.
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These are just some of the results from the team’s work over the past week. Unfortunately, we can’t share everything we do, as much of our work remains sensitive.
Neighbourhood Officers are committed to making Wythenshawe and the wider South Manchester area a safer place to live, work and visit.
Information from our communities is invaluable and helps us take positive action against those causing misery to others. If you have information about criminal activity, please tell us!
📲 Report information to GMP via 101 or on our website
🔒 Alternatively, you can report anonymously via Crimestoppers: https://orlo.uk/Ganc5
