{"id":861213,"date":"2026-03-30T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/861213\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:43:18","slug":"moment-radcliffe-stand-off-suspect-is-detained-after-armed-police-descend-on-massage-parlour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/861213\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Radcliffe stand-off suspect is detained after armed police descend on massage parlour"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 26-year-old man is in custody following the ordeal in Stand Lane, Radcliffe\"The<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested following a stand off with officers(Image: Kenny Brown \/ Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

A suspect was seen being detained following a six-hour stand-off with armed police in Bury<\/a> on Monday (March 30). The 26-year-old man was arrested and put into the back of a police van in handcuffs after a ‘disturbance’ erupted at a massage parlour on Stand Lane, Radcliffe, at around 2.15pm.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is understood there had been an argument at the business that then escalated involving an armed suspect<\/a>. All the victims managed to escape before armed officers and counter-terrorism firearms cops arrived and cordoned off the area.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police<\/a> said it was reported that threats were made by a suspect who was in possession of a blade. Video footage and pictures showed guns being pointed at the Sunflower Massage building amid the dramatic incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Witnesses told how armed police and counter-terror cops were ‘yards away’<\/a> from families picking children up from nearby schools and nurseries and that officers with shields were aiming guns at windows of Sunflower Massage, close to the junction with Jackson Street.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police later confirmed that the incident was being treated as ‘isolated’ and not counter-terrorism related. A 26-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of making threats with a bladed article and taken into custody.<\/p>\n

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The suspect was detained at the scene(Image: Kenny Brown \/ Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

The landlady of the building, Frieda Ehsan, spoke out as the police negotiations were ongoing. She told the M.E.N: “It was just before 3pm and my tenant messaged me and said ‘boss, I’m in a bit of a mess here because a guy’s come in and I need your husband to come down.’ I said to ring 999 and she did, then as soon as I came down, it had all been cordoned off.<\/p>\n

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“They said we can go back in once they get the guy out and check the property. First of all, I am just glad the tenant is safe, that was my main concern. I am not bothered about my property, but I am happy she is with police.<\/p>\n

“I just live round the corner. I’ve been around here for 24 years but we’ve never come across anything like this. We own quite a few properties on Stand Lane, but we’ve never come across this.”<\/p>\n

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Armed police at the scene(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

A GMP spokesperson said: “We responded to an incident on Stand Lane, Radcliffe<\/a> following reports of a disturbance at around 2:15pm. It was reported that threats were being made at the address and the suspect was believed to have been in possession of a bladed weapon.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully, those at the address managed to get a place of safety and call police, who negotiated with the suspect inside the property. A man aged 26 has been arrested on suspicion of making threats with a bladed article and will remains in custody for questioning. This was an isolated incident and we can confirm that is has not been treated as counter terrorism related.”<\/p>\n

As Chief Inspector Andy Wright from GMP’s Bury district added: “Our officers responded swiftly to reports of a man threatening members of the public with a knife at an address in Radcliffe earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n

“We understand how alarming these incidents may be to local communities and the wider public, but I would like to reassure you that this was an isolated incident and our armed officers were on scene to manage any potential risk.<\/p>\n

“I would like to thank you all for your patience whilst our officers have been responding to this incident, and I urge anyone who may have concerns or questions to please speak with officers on scene and local patrols. They will always be happy to support.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 26-year-old man is in custody following the ordeal in Stand Lane, Radcliffe The suspect was arrested following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,1285,393,4884,2465,39242,16,15],"class_list":["post-861213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-bury","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-radcliffe","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116320314383233892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861213","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=861213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}