Crackdown on gang members using illicit mobile phones in prison
Date published: 10 April 2021
A joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police, HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit
Illegal phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized following an operation to crack down on organised crime gang members operating from inside prison.
Following a significant increase in the number of phone 'throw overs' - where mobile phones are thrown over the prison walls at the prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police (GMP), HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), to further the work carried out by prison staff.