{"id":686061,"date":"2026-01-10T05:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686061\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:22:14","slug":"house-taped-off-with-forensic-tents-in-place-after-chemicals-discovered-during-police-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686061\/","title":{"rendered":"House taped off with forensic tents in place after chemicals discovered during police raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been arrested<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_House-Scene-Oldham.jpg\" alt=\"Two blue police forensic tents in the back garden of a house on Fresca Road in Oldham\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Forensic tents outside the house on Fresca Road\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Forensic tents outside the house on Fresca Road(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A house has been cordoned off after police discovered chemicals during a drugs raid in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/oldham\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Oldham<\/a>. Officers stormed a property on Fresca Road in the Sholver area of the town this morning (Friday, January 9).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During their searches, police said they discovered &#8216;chemicals suspected to be used in drugs manufacture.&#8217; They will be &#8216;safely tested and removed from the address&#8217;, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> (GMP) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A scene will remain in place at this time and there is no wider threat to the public&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The force said they were assisting colleagues at<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/cheshire-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> Cheshire Police<\/a> with the operation. A 38 year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences. He has been taken into custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768022533_135_0_House-Scene-Oldham.jpg\" alt=\"The front door of the house which is off its hinges and leaning against the frame, bent in the middle\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The damaged front door of the property\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The damaged front door of the property(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The house on the quiet residential cul-de-sac remained taped off this afternoon. Two forensic tents have been put up in the back garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The front door could be seen having been knocked off its hinges whilst glass had also been smashed on a rear patio door.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768022534_963_0_House-Scene-Oldham.jpg\" alt=\"The rear patio doors of the property swung open, one of which has had the glass smashed\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Glass had been smashed in a back door\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Glass had been smashed in a back door(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A fire engine was spotted on the street earlier with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) confirming they also attended the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One local resident said: &#8220;I came outside about half 7 morning and just saw all the coppers. They looked like undercover or CID or something, in plain clothes. Then I clocked that the front door was on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768022534_546_0_House-Scene-Oldham.jpg\" alt=\"A police van parked next to the tape which surrounds the property\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police are standing guard outside the property\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police are standing guard outside the property(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;More police then started turning up and they put all the tape up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A neighbour said: &#8220;I woke up about 8am and just saw a load of police cars and vans. It was like the SWAT team the way they were kitted out. &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been arrested Forensic tents outside the house on Fresca Road(Image: Manchester Evening News) A house&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,759,393,4884,187,2465,114170,1286,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-686061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cheshire-police","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greater-manchester-police","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-moorside","15":"tag-oldham","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115869132705577355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686061","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=686061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}