Macclesfield officers partner with British Transport Police for a county-lines crackdown

Officers in Macclesfield joined forces with colleagues from the British Transport Police to tackle drug dealing and knife crime in the county.

On Wednesday, 2nd October, officers from Macclesfield Local Policing Unit (LPU) joined the British Transport Police in a joint operation focusing on targeting drug dealing across Cheshire.

Conducting the operation at Macclesfield train station, the LPU and BTP officers were also joined by two of the Constabulary drug detection dogs, PD's Fanny and Casper, and over the course of the operation around 40 stop and searches were executed, which resulted in:

• The issuing of seven drug-related community resolutions
• A 38-year-old man being arrested for the breaching of a Criminal Behaviour Order
• A 29-year-old man being arrested on possession of a bladed article

Sergeant Matthew Bassirat, of Macclesfield PLU, said:

“This operation in Macclesfield alongside our colleagues from British Transport Police was aimed at targeting criminals who sell drugs in our communities and carry weapons.

“Criminality has no borders and these groups will do all they can to make criminal gains by exploiting the most vulnerable in our society. By working together we’re also showing that we too have no borders and will continue to work together to rid those involved in supplying drugs.”

Sergeant Andy Platt, of the British Transport Police, added:

“BTP has a great joint working relationship with our Cheshire colleagues and that has helped us combat knife and drug crime in Macclesfield.

Today, this ongoing partnership has yielded great results, whilst providing reassurance to the public that we are doing all we can to keep them safe as they travel on our railways.” 

If you have any information about any illegal activity in your area, please contact Cheshire Police by calling:

101

...or report it via Crimestoppers anonymously on:

0800 555 111

Pictured - One of Cheshire Constabulary's drug detection dogs.