1/1 ILLEGAL phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized after a crackdown on organised crime gang members operating inside a prison. Following a significant increase in the number of phone throw overs – where mobile phones are thrown over the walls of a prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire was launched. Greater Manchester Police (GMP), HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) worked together on the operation. Intelligence-driven targeted cell searches were carried out and 14 phones, two devices similar to a Wi-Fi router, a large number of steroids, several sim cards and other electrical contraband were all recovered.
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