{"id":14433,"date":"2025-04-12T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/14433\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:34:10","slug":"armed-cops-swoop-in-manchester-city-centre-following-reported-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/14433\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed cops swoop in Manchester city centre following reported kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"

GMP said an adult was ‘found’ and is now being supported<\/p>\n

11:37, 12 Apr 2025Updated 11:38, 12 Apr 2025<\/p>\n

Police at the scene on Friday night(Image: Rob Currell)<\/p>\n

Armed cops swooped to make a series of arrests in Manchester city centre<\/a> following a reported kidnapping, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said a victim – an adult – was ‘found’ and was now being supported by specialist officers. No sex or age has been revealed.<\/p>\n

Three men all aged in their 30s were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply, the force said. The drama unfolded on Friday evening (April 11).<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Saturday, GMP said all three remained in police custody for questioning and enquiries were continuing.<\/p>\n

As reported by the Manchester Evening News, armed police were pictured on the streets of the city centre early on Friday evening<\/a> as part of the operation, about which brief details were confirmed today.<\/p>\n

Armed police were pictured on Friday evening(Image: Rob Currell)<\/p>\n

The dramatic images showed officers standing guard outside buildings in Castlefield.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the force said on Friday night: “Armed officers are currently conducting enquiries on Bridgewater Street and the surrounding areas in the city centre. We do not believe there to be a risk to the wider public but you will likely see an increased police presence.”<\/p>\n

Images from the scene showed plain clothes officers in tactical vests on the street outside buildings. Two armed plain clothes officers could been seen moving towards a building, with one holding what appeared to be a riot shield.<\/p>\n

Officers were in place on Barton<\/a> Street, off Liverpool Road near to the Cask pub. They were also seen on Southern Street.<\/p>\n

Armed police at the scene(Image: Rob Currell)<\/p>\n

In an updated statement on Saturday, GMP said: “Yesterday, Friday April 11, armed officers were in the city centre carrying out enquiries following a report of a kidnap. A victim was found and is currently being supported by our specially trained officers.<\/p>\n

“Three men in their thirties were arrested on suspicion of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply. All remain in custody for questioning. Our investigation is ongoing.”<\/p>\n

No further details have been revealed. The force has confirmed the victim was an adult. The victim is in hospital receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GMP said an adult was ‘found’ and is now being supported 11:37, 12 Apr 2025Updated 11:38, 12 Apr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,187,2465,8086,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-14433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greater-manchester-police","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-city-centre","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114326435591095165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}