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ROBBERY SUSPECTS FLAGGED DOWN UNMARKED POLICE CAR IN MANCHESTER THINKING IT WAS GETAWAY TAXI!


Two young robbery suspects


were


caught after they flagged down an unmarked police car believing it was a taxi they had just ordered to escape. Both were prompt- ly arrested, police have revealed. The Manchester Evening


News


reports that they had been hiding in a bush by a canal after a major police operation in Sale, Trafford, on Satur- day 6 June. Police were investi- gating a series of robberies they said


were committed around the centre of Sale over the past few weeks. The operation - which also involved the police heli- copter


launched


as police searches of the area were ongoing. Police said they ‘began to flag down’


the


- was after


another report of a robbery. Police said a gang thought to be in- volved were be- lieved to be using the Metrolink sys- tem to escape after targeting victims. After the robbery report on Saturday, officers from Sale and


Greater Manchester Police’s Waterside, Sale


newlyformed trans- port unit attended the Dane Road Metrolink stop in Sale and the canal towpath nearby. Police said a 16-


year-old boy was arrested, but others ran away. The two suspects ‘emerged’ from the bush near


the Waterside in Sale


unmarked police car believing it was the taxi they had ordered. Another boy, aged 17, was subsequent- ly arrested and found with sus- pected


stolen


mobile phones. Police said en- quiries were con- tinuing. GMP Trafford South added: “It is sus- pected the males involved have com-


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0800 458 9702 OR 01527 757 585 82 JULY 2020


mitted a number of robberies in the area over the past few weeks, travel- ling into the area using the Metrolink Service which is heavily covered by CCTV. “Enquiries


are


ongoing and we will be looking to link them to other recent robberies in the area. “We would like to thank local resi- dents


for their


assistance in yester- day’s incident and helping us to bring a number of offend- ers to justice.”


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