0:00:04 > 0:00:06It's the police! Open the door!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Steady.- Yeah.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Morning!
0:00:17 > 0:00:18That would help.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Every day in the UK,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27the police are on the hunt for known and suspected criminals.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Get back from the door!
0:00:29 > 0:00:33They're armed with warrants and big red keys.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire forces have granted
0:00:36 > 0:00:39exclusive access to their raids.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Police!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Their officers are wearing special equipment
0:00:43 > 0:00:46to give you a cop's-eye view
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and bring you closer to the action than ever before.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51What's your name?!
0:00:51 > 0:00:52INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Britain's streets are a battleground.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Stand back! Get out of the way.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01On one side are the men and women fighting to keep us safe -
0:01:01 > 0:01:03and on the other are the wanted.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Greater Manchester is one of the largest metropolitan cities
0:01:14 > 0:01:16in the UK.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21With such a big population to police, there's one team whose
0:01:21 > 0:01:26sole focus is to investigate serious and organised crime in the region.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28He got the sack again, or is that the...?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31No, it's a sack, that's when they build the sacks.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Oh, yeah there's the...- The third one.- ..third one going out.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37You can be dealing with a variety of things.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It's from robbery to firearms offences,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42kidnap, extortion, blackmails.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44The run-of-the-mill stuff, really.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Just haven't got any regard, have they? For anybody else.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49No. No, they just don't care.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53This morning, the detectives are responding to their latest case.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58A gang of armed robbers have been targeting shop owners
0:01:58 > 0:02:00in the Stockport area of the city.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02They would vault over the counter,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05threaten members of staff within there and then they've taken
0:02:05 > 0:02:09a big bag with them that they then load up with cigarettes
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and cash, the till contents, and then they'd be back out,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16off on their way and then they'd be selling the cigarettes
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and making significant amounts of cash from the proceeds.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23When they go into these shops with balaclavas and machetes,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24they're taking those weapons
0:02:24 > 0:02:27cos they're willing to use them. They're selfish.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30They don't care, really, about other people's safety.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32They don't care that property belongs to other people,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and it's not theirs -
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and they just think they've got a right to take it.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38These are the sort of people you deal with -
0:02:38 > 0:02:39they're cocky, selfish people.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Same MO every time, isn't it? Over the counter...- Yeah, yeah.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45..open the bag out.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Threatening anybody who comes anywhere near.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Over the course of several months, there have been nearly
0:02:54 > 0:02:5830 crimes reported, which appear to be committed by the same gang.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And an operation to track them down has been launched.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06During the investigation, the detectives have discovered
0:03:06 > 0:03:09the lengths the criminals are willing to go to
0:03:09 > 0:03:10to break into premises.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14On one occasion, they used a stolen Land Rover.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17They reversed it through shutters, late at night, into a shop,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20no regard for anybody who could've been in the shop
0:03:20 > 0:03:24at the time, stocktaking, or stocking shelves and suchlike.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26They caused a lot of extensive damage to the building itself,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29just so they could steal some cigarettes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- The customer who intervenes...- Yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- You see a customer there?- Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40So, this occasion, they had the firearm threats,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- there were a firearm.- Yeah. Look at that, there's a young kiddie there.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45That's disgusting, that.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Just animals, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50The levels of violence they were showing to these people
0:03:50 > 0:03:52was quite sickening, really.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55There was one occasion where one of the girls was threatened by
0:03:55 > 0:03:57one of the offenders, who held a brick up as though
0:03:57 > 0:04:00he was going to throw a brick into her face, a house brick.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03People are generally scarred for life by these experiences.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07If somebody in a balaclava is holding a house brick
0:04:07 > 0:04:09a few inches from your face, threatening to throw in your face,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12or waving a machete at you, or pushing a gun in your face,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14it's terrifying.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17They were committing robberies at business premises,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19really putting members of the public who were working in these
0:04:19 > 0:04:23establishments in fear and they were stealing
0:04:23 > 0:04:26hundreds and thousands of pounds of cigarettes
0:04:26 > 0:04:28and the takings from the tills.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And they were relentless, they didn't stop.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33So it was really important that my team
0:04:33 > 0:04:36from the serious and organised crime group
0:04:36 > 0:04:39got involved and took on the investigation,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42together with officers from the Stockport division.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Greater Manchester has a population of 2.7 million
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and a police force of over 6,500.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Yeah... - INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Eight of those officers are in the divisional tasking team in Oldham.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14And two are preparing for a shift on the city streets.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17We work at Oldham divisional tasking team,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20where basically we locate wanted people.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23That's our main target, people are wanted for crime,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26they're a little bit hard to find, so we have to do a lot of digging.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Go to loads of addresses sometimes to find these people,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32lock them up and get them before the courts.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38This team specialise in low-level crime, arresting everyone,
0:05:38 > 0:05:43from petty one-off offenders to serial lawbreakers.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Somebody get the ladders and the hoolie.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Officers Rawcliffe and Cross
0:05:49 > 0:05:54have the means to get into almost any property.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56And today, they're on the trail of a man they thought
0:05:56 > 0:05:59had turned over a new leaf.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03He's been prolific in Oldham for many, many years.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07And he's wanted for...offence of burglary. He is very well known.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11He has actually been quiet for quite a while, but...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13He is a drug user and obviously they just go back to, you know, what
0:06:13 > 0:06:17they know best, which is breaking in to places to fund their habit, so...
0:06:26 > 0:06:28The Divisional Tasking Team, or DTT,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31know where many of their targets live.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Often, it's a case of simply knocking on doors
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and rounding them up, but not always.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45INDISTINCT RADIO VOICE
0:06:55 > 0:06:56It's the police! Open the door!
0:06:59 > 0:07:02This wanted man seems reluctant to answer,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05although the officers won't give up easily.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11PC Cross prepares to tackle the open window upstairs.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20But just as he gets ready to climb up, conveniently, the door opens.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21- Morning!- That would help.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- What's going on? - I'm arresting you, mate.- What for?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Suspicion of a burglary.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- What?- Suspicion of a burglary.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Commercial burglary. You don't have to say anything, but it may
0:07:35 > 0:07:37harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned
0:07:37 > 0:07:39something you later rely on in court.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It's amazing what a little bit of persistence does...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Have you just got one room here, mate?- Yeah. - It's just this one, the communal.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I've got to ask you, mate, is there anything here that's stolen,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51prohibited, or anything illegal?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I'm going to have a little search outside, mate. Is there any pins?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- RADIO VOICE:- 2264...
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Good.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Can I have a room, please?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01For a male adult wanted for burglary, please?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04- Right, you OK?- Mm-hm.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Didn't realise he was in this room. I mean,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09you heard me shouting again, like I said, we were going to go in...
0:08:09 > 0:08:12And it was when the ladders came out and Phil started going up the ladders.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14He obviously realised we aren't going away,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16so that's when he's come to the door.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I'll grab this ladder...
0:08:18 > 0:08:20PC Rawcliffe's suspicions were correct.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24You just realised when we put the ladders up that...?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26RAWCLIFFE LAUGHS
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Nearly worked, going away!
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- RAWCLIFFE LAUGHS - That's what I thought...
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I think he heard the ladders in his room,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37which if he'd have stayed in, like I said before, we wouldn't have
0:08:37 > 0:08:40been any the wiser, but he heard the ladders and thought...
0:08:40 > 0:08:44I think he realised that the game was up and sort of offered
0:08:44 > 0:08:46himself up and came to the door.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The suspect was once a regular face for PC Rawcliffe,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54but he's been off the scene for a while.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Fair play, if you haven't been done for four years, mate.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58After the way you were.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08What's important to you now, then?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16With him, to be honest, I was almost hoping
0:09:16 > 0:09:18he had, you know, turned a corner
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and he sounded sort of quite genuine about it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22And he probably... He might have done.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25He's certainly not as prolific as he used to be.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29With that past experience, the seasoned offender knew
0:09:29 > 0:09:33exactly what to expect when the team came knocking.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I thought he was, erm, pinging the door down, you know,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- with the brace and all that. - Yeah...- But...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43POLICE OFFICER LAUGHS
0:09:43 > 0:09:46No, we probably ended up doing the door, I would've thought.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49We have a little catch up, I think.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I think he.... He, on this occasion,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53was quite pleased with the way he was dealt with, rather than
0:09:53 > 0:09:55being, you know, nasty, really, and I think,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58depending on how you treat people, if you offer them
0:09:58 > 0:10:00a little bit of respect and a bit of banter,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02then they'll respond to that.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06The man later admitted that he had committed the burglary.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10He received a supervision and community order
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and had to pay £400 compensation.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17However, since then, he's not reoffended.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Ten miles away, the serious organised crime group
0:10:30 > 0:10:33are investigating a spate of armed robberies.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And there's been some vital information about
0:10:39 > 0:10:41who the perpetrators are.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46They left a few clues for us and like these types of investigation,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48you follow a number of different strands, you look at intelligence
0:10:48 > 0:10:51from the public, which is always really valuable and helpful to us.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56The area that they were operating is fairly small area in Stockport
0:10:56 > 0:11:00and I'm sure the community were absolutely sick to death of them.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Like I said, they didn't have jobs
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and yet they'd always have wads of cash.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07These people can't but help themselves,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09putting things on Facebook,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12showing themselves with wads of cash.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14We know they don't work, so where have they got that cash from?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17We followed a path and were quickly able to identify
0:11:17 > 0:11:19who the main ringleaders were.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22There's a lad called Paul Edwards, Jordan Sim-Mutch.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24There was a lad called Ben Fredricks.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26They were the main, the older ones, really,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28and then there was other people that were involved in these offences.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Some were just on the odd one or two jobs, because there was a group
0:11:32 > 0:11:35of several of these people and there's only four people in a car.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38They can only accommodate four people, so it was varying.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43With the gang leaders now revealed and the net closing in,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46they are put under surveillance.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51The detectives want to intercept them just before
0:11:51 > 0:11:53they carry out another crime.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It just so happened that during the course of watching what they
0:11:58 > 0:12:01were up to that they went to go and commit
0:12:01 > 0:12:05a robbery and I was then able to implement an arrest situation.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- INDISTINCT SPEECH - Right, let's go get 'em.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13We were happy, they were just about to do a robbery at a supermarket and
0:12:13 > 0:12:16we're in a position to strike on them and we had sufficient evidence
0:12:16 > 0:12:20then to be able to process them with a large number of offences.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26The team are heading to the Stockport area of the city.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31With the gang parked up and potentially ready to raid a shop,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35the plan is for several unmarked police cars to box in
0:12:35 > 0:12:37and contain their vehicle.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41First thing is to get them safely into custody without jeopardising
0:12:41 > 0:12:44their safety, our safety, or the safety of anybody else.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48And sometimes the only way to do that is to actually ram them.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01It's a bit hairy for the people who are doing it,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04because we're ramming vehicles, we don't know whether...
0:13:04 > 0:13:08We've got to try and prevent them getting off, because there's going to be a high-speed chase.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11They were still trying to evade, escape and tried to reverse off and
0:13:11 > 0:13:15dodge the police cars, but they were hit several times by police cars.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23The interception is a success and the gang are quickly rounded up.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28It is tough decisions and you feel a real responsibility,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30because you don't know what's going to happen.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32You never know what's going to happen.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Yeah, they're big decisions, but we've got to take them
0:13:35 > 0:13:39and we've got to carry on taking the fight to these criminals out there.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And fortunately, they weren't good enough
0:13:41 > 0:13:44and the officers arrested them in situ,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48just outside a Morrisons store that they were just about to rob.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:13:54 > 0:13:57They come across as not being bothered, really.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00And they like to have the last word and they like to be cocky -
0:14:00 > 0:14:01and that's all we expect, really.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04But I think deep down they'll be gutted.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Round two when I get out.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08That's what I'm going to do, mate. Round two.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Round two, mate.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Definitely. Round two, mate.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16They weren't aware that we was watching what they were doing,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20so they're shocked, the adrenaline is going and that's when you
0:14:20 > 0:14:23get the kind of comments that they came out with.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26You see a completely different person an hour or two later
0:14:26 > 0:14:29when they're sat in a cell, waiting to be interviewed
0:14:29 > 0:14:31and the realisation is there that they've been caught
0:14:31 > 0:14:34and they're going to be behind bars for a long time.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51In Oldham, the divisional tasking team are back on the road,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54arresting some of the area's most wanted.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58From our office, bearing in mind there's only eight of us,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03we probably average between 70 to 110 prisoners per month.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06There's always people wanted, and there will be,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08if we arrested everybody today,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10tomorrow there'll still be more wanted people.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14So, it's a never-ending circle, unfortunately.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Yeah, I've got it, mate. We're just pulling up at the front now.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21PC Cross is helping to locate a well-known offender.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27The 29-year-old female is wanted for breaching her bail conditions.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30There's a very small percentage of criminals
0:15:30 > 0:15:33who commit a large percentage of crime in one area.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Very often, the crime will tail off while they're in prison.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39And then, as soon as they're back out, it starts again.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43So, we're at the same addresses for the same people.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I'm locking people up now, 22 years on,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48that I was locking up in my first year of policing.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Unfortunately, they've had children,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53and I'm locking them up now.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55No doubt, it's just a vicious cycle, unfortunately.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03You have to let us know, mate, when you're in position.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06'Yeah, good, mate, we're in. We're checking out the back.'
0:16:09 > 0:16:13A week ago, while on bail in relation to a burglary charge,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16the female missed an appointment at a police station.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Police. How are you? - How are you doing? All right?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- She was supposed to attend for charging.- Charging?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Yeah, for charging down at the police station.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29She's not answering her bail, is she?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- She didn't know. Shouldn't know about charging her bail.- Is it?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33We're in, mate.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- She's unwell.- Is anyone else here with you?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Who are you supposed to...?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41She's got all blotches on her face.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- They're here for me?- Yeah, you're supposed to attend for charging.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- I've already been to Crown Court. - She's been Crown Court...
0:16:46 > 0:16:48You're supposed to attend at court...
0:16:48 > 0:16:50the police station for a burglary.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52You need to come with me to get charged.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Will you bring me back?- You might go straight to court, you never know.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Or straight to prison or something.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- What do you mean, prison?! - As a result of this,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I'm arresting you for the original offence of burglary.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Once she's arrested, she's nice and tidy. She'll chat away to you.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09But she does cause a lot of problems
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and she is in court quite regular.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:17:19 > 0:17:23There's a minority of criminals that get given bail
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and they never attend.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Then we spend days and days looking for them, turning houses over,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33the end result being we arrest them, they go back before the courts,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35and very often, they get bail again.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43This time, however, the offender spent six weeks in remand prison
0:17:43 > 0:17:46for breaching her bail conditions.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57The serious organised crime group
0:17:57 > 0:18:01are investigating a large number of armed robberies.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04They've intercepted the gang involved
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and arrested three of its leaders.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Round two when I get out. That's what I'm going to do. Round two.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- What happens if you don't get out? - Round two, mate.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16OK, on the 'puter, then, we are at file-prep stage now.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Obviously, we've got quite a few on remand,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22so we need to make sure we crack on, get the file in.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Just before we crack on with that, where are we up to?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- How many offences have we got now? - We've got around 50 in total.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Majority being robberies, there's about 30 robberies or so.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34And then, there's a couple of burglaries at dwellings.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35There's a few burglaries at dwellings
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- where cars have been stolen. - Yeah, they've nicked cars
0:18:38 > 0:18:41from some of them and then used the cars in the robberies.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42We've got a Land Rover
0:18:42 > 0:18:45that's reversed through the shop for cigarettes.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49And, the phones, Rick, where are we up to with the phones?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Of interest is some messages on Ben Fredricks' phone
0:18:52 > 0:18:53which he seems to have saved in there
0:18:53 > 0:18:55and he's discussing the crimes, it appears.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58That's just being looked through at this moment in time.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Right, we'll pull them into the sequence of events.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03We'll see who we can link to each offence.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05There's quite a bit of clothing, isn't there?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Yeah, it's quite distinctive, some of the clothing.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09There's a tracksuit in particular that seems to feature
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- on every single offence. - OK. We just have to crack on.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Get everything in as fast as we possibly can.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17They're all on remand and we've got the custody timings to think of,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19so the sooner we can get it in, the better.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21With the evidence gathered,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25the detectives start to interview their detainees.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28On this occasion, three offenders -
0:19:28 > 0:19:31one of them's in possession of a crowbar -
0:19:31 > 0:19:35enter the premises, threaten members of staff.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- What can you tell me about that? - No comment.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Are you the male with the crowbar? - No comment.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Stockport, Co-op?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46There's two females behind the counter on that job.
0:19:46 > 0:19:52- You specifically target premises with females?- No comment.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55On this occasion, in possession of an axe.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Why are you changing hands at this time?- No comment.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Who decided that?- No comment.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Who had possession of the axe?- No comment.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Are they not the brightest, the other two?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- No comment. - They don't appear to be.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I mean, if I'm going to commit armed robberies,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I'm going to commit crime, the last thing I'm going to do
0:20:14 > 0:20:16is put a picture of meself on Facebook
0:20:16 > 0:20:18with one of the vehicles that was stolen.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Who's the bloke who's sat in the driver's seat?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24For the purpose of the tape, but it's all on camera,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26you are being filmed at the moment. You're smiling.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Is that you in the driver's seat? - No comment.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Next to be interviewed is the suspect
0:20:32 > 0:20:36who was caught boasting about his ill-gotten gains
0:20:36 > 0:20:41on social media - Jordan Sim-Mutch.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42During this warrant,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46£15,000 worth of cigarettes have been recovered
0:20:46 > 0:20:48and a fingerprint relating to yourself
0:20:48 > 0:20:51has been recovered on those stolen cigarettes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53What can you tell me about why your fingerprint
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- is on those stolen cigarettes? - No comment.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58You're being investigated for an offence
0:20:58 > 0:21:02of conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to burgle, OK?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Is there any reason why your fingerprints would be
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- on stolen cigarettes in the back of that shop?- No comment.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Now, time for some answers from the man
0:21:10 > 0:21:14thought to be the gang's getaway driver, Paul Edwards.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16What we're here to do today is to find out
0:21:16 > 0:21:19what role you've played in this conspiracy. If any.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23All I have to say is that I've not burgled no house
0:21:23 > 0:21:26to take no car and I have not committed no robbery.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28That is all I've got to say on the matter.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Was any of that clothing on the CCTV yours?- No.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35I'll point out, though,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37in most areas, council estates,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39we all wear the same stuff,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43so that stuff I looked at then is just what everyone wears every day.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Everyday winter gear, that, to me.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Tracksuit, trainers, hoods. Coats.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- So, do you have similar clothing? - Dark clothing.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Yeah, possibly, yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Despite their protests of innocence at interview,
0:21:59 > 0:22:04at court, 11 men connected to the operation pleaded guilty.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Their total sentencing was 75 years for conspiracy to commit robbery.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Everybody was really pleased with the result,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15because they were chaotic, they were a danger to the public
0:22:15 > 0:22:17and, ultimately, they've now got the sentences
0:22:17 > 0:22:19that are reflected in the criminality
0:22:19 > 0:22:21that they were involved in.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26The main leaders - Paul Edwards, Jordan Sim-Mutch, Ben Fredricks,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Tyler Quinn and Aaron Bell - were all sent to prison
0:22:30 > 0:22:34for sentences ranging between seven and nine and a half years.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40They were significant members in that small area of Stockport.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42So, hopefully, the message has gone out to that community,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45who have been really helpful to us in the past,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48that we've responded to the intelligence that they've given us
0:22:48 > 0:22:50and they're behind bars for a long time now.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Most criminals' names go on the police wanted list
0:23:04 > 0:23:06after an offence has taken place.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11But when there's intelligence that one is in progress,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16the serious organised crime group move in to catch them in the act.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20When you have an update of where they are, can you just let us know?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Because it'll assist us in where we're going to try and like,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26getting...our sort of position sorted.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30In Greater Manchester, Detective Sergeant Dave Eaves
0:23:30 > 0:23:33is on the tail of a car and its driver.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38There's a vehicle under surveillance that's come in from the North
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and we believe there might be some drugs onboard that vehicle.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Our intention is to try and put a nice stopping on that vehicle.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Yeah, we've no radio, so can you keep us updated where we are?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55We'll follow you.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00As the sergeant, my role would be to liaise with my DI
0:24:00 > 0:24:04that's feeding me some intelligence, and liaise with an officer
0:24:04 > 0:24:07that had been left back in the police station
0:24:07 > 0:24:10who was then liaising with other units,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13our different colleagues in the livered vehicles,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15and see if we could effect a safe stop,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19you know, without any danger to either ourselves,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22the person that we stopped, or members of the public.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Go ahead.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26'We've got the vehicle stopped...'
0:24:29 > 0:24:33A team in front have managed to contain the target vehicle
0:24:33 > 0:24:35by boxing it in.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Right, you've got the prisoner.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43That's the prisoner being led off to the van. Yeah, just in time.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Officers at the scene have carried out a preliminary search,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and are able to brief the detective on their findings.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58- No problems on the road.- Yes. - No issues with the driver.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- He stopped straightaway.- Yeah.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Five or six phones onboard. Seven boxes.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- Seven boxes and we've only opened one.- Yeah, one's been opened.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11And each package contains four of those bars.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15That's... I'd say that's probably about a kilo.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Right, OK.- So, you're looking at 100-plus kilos here.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21So, the issue that we've got now is to safely remove this vehicle
0:25:21 > 0:25:24and get it in a place where we can seize these drugs.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27We're going to get this back to the nick
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- so that we can get it in the garage. - And then we can do a SOC over?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And then we can do a proper SOC over.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35That's a good idea, because, if we had it recovered by a contractor,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37we'd have to send somebody with it, wouldn't we?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Because we'd have to safeguard the drugs.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41As well as boxes of drugs,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44the team have also uncovered what seems to be
0:25:44 > 0:25:46a large quantity of cash.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48So, there's two of these bags.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- OK.- So, I think it's better...
0:25:50 > 0:25:52It's safe to say...
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- Which police station are you going to go to?- Stretford.- Stretford?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Yeah, there's a garage at Stretford. - Thanks very much.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Effectively, my scene is that vehicle.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Because all the evidence appertaining to the case
0:26:04 > 0:26:07is inside the vehicle. The vehicle, although it was stopped
0:26:07 > 0:26:10in a nice place from the point of view of safety to the public,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13it was a bad place for me because it's near a junction.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16People can see the police there.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18So, what I want to do, then,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I want to get that vehicle away from there in a nice controlled manner.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25So we decided to take it to a nearby police station
0:26:25 > 0:26:28where we knew there was a garage where we could get it under cover,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31where it's in our controlled environment
0:26:31 > 0:26:32to then search the vehicle
0:26:32 > 0:26:36and do whatever forensic tests that we need to do on it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53There are always plenty of suspects still at large
0:26:53 > 0:26:56throughout Greater Manchester's ten boroughs.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04At the moment, there's 160 wanted people in Oldham. On any given day,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07you could have anything up to 20, 30 people
0:27:07 > 0:27:10that you can potentially go and find or try to arrest.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13And that list basically...
0:27:13 > 0:27:16recycles every single week.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20The same faces reappear every single week.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Yeah, can do, can't we? Yes, quickly.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Just up and through.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29It's a familiar offender that Officers Rawcliffe and Cross
0:27:29 > 0:27:31are searching for this morning.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34He's wanted for theft from a motor vehicle.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Appears there's a taxi pulled up close to where he lives,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42which is through here.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46And he's obviously took his opportunity to nick
0:27:46 > 0:27:48some property from that taxi.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52KNOCKING
0:27:58 > 0:28:00It's the police.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Are you all decent?
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Who's in? Who's not in?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Eh?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- I'm afraid you're wanted, mate. - For what?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It's the offence of theft from a motor vehicle.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Oh. You joking me, right?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20You're under arrest on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21You don't have to say anything
0:28:21 > 0:28:23but it may harm your defence if you don't mention
0:28:23 > 0:28:26something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- could be given in evidence. Do you understand that?- Yeah.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- Do you wish to make a reply at the moment?- No.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Give him a kiss.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42The officers let the suspect finish his drink
0:28:42 > 0:28:43before handcuffing him.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Is there anything in your pockets that you don't want to take
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- to the police station? - I'll go as I am.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51He was having an early breakfast prior to going to work, I think.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54You know, we caught him during his corn flake moment.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Or was it Rice Krispies or something like that?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Yeah, sort your cigarettes...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Do you want a jumper or you're all right with that on?
0:29:01 > 0:29:06'Every address we go into, we have to assess what we're up against.'
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Whether it's alcohol, drugs, number of people,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13do we know anything about them, you know, previous history?
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Are they normally violent -
0:29:14 > 0:29:17if you say the magic words "You're under arrest",
0:29:17 > 0:29:20are they compliant, etc?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Is there any medication here that you need to take with you?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- WOMAN:- No, there's not.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28All right, OK, mate.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The prisoner's allowed one last goodbye kiss.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34..Aye. They're in the van.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39All right? You've definitely got nothing with you?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Have you had some gear, or...?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43No.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44You look a bit...
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Have you had alcohol, or... - No, we had half a bottle of brandy between us.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53OK, that's all I want to know. It's just so that when we get down there, we know what you've had.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Just watch your head as you're getting in.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Sadly, early morning arrests have become routine for this detainee.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15HE WHISTLES NONCHALANTLY
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Yeah, we're all...brothers and sisters, aren't we?
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Well, I remember you when you about 14 year old.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30'He was a tearaway when he was a kid.'
0:30:30 > 0:30:34He's been through the system from a very young age.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40As he said, you know, I've known him since round about the age of 14,
0:30:40 > 0:30:42and I think he's now 39, 40 year old
0:30:42 > 0:30:46and he's been regularly in and out of custody,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I've dealt with him a few times over them years
0:30:48 > 0:30:51but I've known about him all that time.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53And there's never been a great period of time where he's
0:30:53 > 0:30:55not done anything.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59And he just gets churned up through the system, you know.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01'In and out, in and out, in and out. You know.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04'And the value of policing him and'
0:31:04 > 0:31:08looking after him and, you know, maintaining...
0:31:08 > 0:31:12It's mind-boggling how much that'd be if you were to tot it up.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- Right, we're going to have to get you off now, mate.- All right.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- See you later, then.- All right, see ya later, pal.- Ta-ra, mate.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22The repeat offender was later found guilty of theft
0:31:22 > 0:31:24from a motor vehicle,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27and received a 12-month conditional discharge.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Earlier, Greater Manchester's
0:31:40 > 0:31:42serious organised crime team
0:31:42 > 0:31:43tracked a target vehicle
0:31:43 > 0:31:45to the Stretford district.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Acting on intelligence, officers stopped a van,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54discovered a large amount of suspected drugs inside,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56and took the driver into custody.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Detective Sergeant Dave Eaves
0:32:02 > 0:32:05now has to brief the scenes of crime officer,
0:32:05 > 0:32:09and gather any further evidence from the impounded vehicle.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Obviously this officer's your arresting officer.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Stopped in a car - in this car
0:32:13 > 0:32:16is what we believe is a large quantity of cannabis resin,
0:32:16 > 0:32:20and some cash, that's in that plastic bag behind the seat.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23So all I want to do is photograph it all...
0:32:23 > 0:32:27We want to forensically recover these boxes,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30because obviously we believe that's come from a third party.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32So at some stage that might become an issue,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36as to who's handled the cash, and the boxes.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41'They can photograph everything that's seized,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44'so that there can be no element of doubt at a later date
0:32:44 > 0:32:47'as to whether the search has been conducted correctly.'
0:32:47 > 0:32:53That then adds further evidence by documenting that process
0:32:53 > 0:32:55and then, if there's going to be some issue
0:32:55 > 0:32:57as to who any of that property belongs to,
0:32:57 > 0:33:01we can seize the items during the search in such a manner
0:33:01 > 0:33:04'that they can be forensically analysed at a later date.'
0:33:10 > 0:33:14As well as the large quantity of drugs recovered from the car,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16there's also the matter of the cash.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Again it's Scottish AND English notes...
0:33:20 > 0:33:24'It's difficult to say how much cash is there,'
0:33:24 > 0:33:26but looking at it, it's tens of thousands of pounds -
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I wouldn't say it's a hundred thousand pounds,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I would say maybe £30,000, £40,000, something like that.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37In total, there were seven large boxes of cannabis resin
0:33:37 > 0:33:38inside the van.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Each one of those is about a quarter of a kilo,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45and it's referred to as a nine-bar because that's about nine ounces.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48So it looks like there's four in each of those bags,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51so if we count that we've got one, two, three, four, five, six,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- seven, eight, nine, ten... - There's 14 altogether.
0:33:54 > 0:33:5614 in there, in one box.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- So each one of those plastic bags is a kilo.- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02So if we're looking at just over ten in each box and there's seven boxes,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05we're going to be in excess of 70 kilos, aren't we?
0:34:06 > 0:34:11If you take that down to however much it costs for a grand deal,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13each kilo would then be worth 5,000 or 6,000.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I reckon about 350,000.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19The police have a tradition of overestimating how much they've seized!
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- THEY LAUGH - Don't they?
0:34:21 > 0:34:25It always goes up and up and up, you know, with the publicity.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31The detective briefs his boss on the findings.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35..Searched the vehicle, I found X, Y and Z. I arrested him... Yeah?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Cos as soon as I saw that cash on the street I thought,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41"We've got to be careful with this."
0:34:42 > 0:34:44OK.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I'll see you in a bit. Bye.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- INTERVIEWER:- Is he pleased, then?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50He's pleased, yeah. The DI's pleased.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53DI's always pleased when we've got a prisoner with a car
0:34:53 > 0:34:56with a lot of drugs in it, a lot of cash! Isn't he?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58HE LAUGHS
0:34:59 > 0:35:03This is probably one of the last calls Dave will make back to base.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04He's about to retire
0:35:04 > 0:35:07after 30 years on the job.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10I joined on the 10th of September 1984.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17So...what does this job mean to you? It's potentially your last job?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Potentially, unless something happens at the weekend
0:35:20 > 0:35:23when I'm covering at the weekend. So it's good, isn't it?
0:35:23 > 0:35:24It's a nice little job, and...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27'you don't always get these every day, do you?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30'And it's nice, I suppose, in a way,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34'going out on a bit of a high with all the staff, isn't it? Excellent.'
0:35:48 > 0:35:52In Oldham, the Divisional Tasking Team are on a night shift.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- Have we got the van again?- Yeah...
0:35:54 > 0:35:58PC Kev Rawcliffe has an updated wanted list.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01As ever, certain names, certain offences,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04are all too familiar to the team.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10This is the lad who's wanted on warrant for failing to appear
0:36:10 > 0:36:14at Oldham Magistrates' Court on the 12th of this month
0:36:14 > 0:36:17for offences of theft.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20This is the lad who goes in with empty packets of
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Benson & Hedges,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25asks for the equivalent number of packets,
0:36:25 > 0:36:27presents a card which is refused,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29he does a quick Paul Daniels with 'em
0:36:29 > 0:36:34and takes the real ones with him, leaving the empty ones.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36It's an MO he's been using for donkey's years...
0:36:38 > 0:36:40..all across the Oldham area -
0:36:40 > 0:36:42and, in fact, Manchester area, to be honest.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45He must have had over the years thousands and thousands of fags
0:36:45 > 0:36:46by this means.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49So we're just going to go there now, see if he's in.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- What's he like? - I think he's 80% deaf,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55very meek and mild...
0:36:55 > 0:36:58'It's just like a constant visit his address.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59'It's almost, like, once a week now.'
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Right. We've got proper details of off this lad...
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- This door's been put in that many times... - LOUD BANGING
0:37:24 > 0:37:27These are all new replaced doors, but I don't think this one was.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- It's the police, mate! - It's the police.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Yeah. Just let me get up, please! - OK.- Yeah. All right, then.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- INDISTINCT - Yeah, it's all right...
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Sorry...
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Hiya.- What's wrong?- Can I come in and speak to you?- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- I've not been out - look... - That's all right.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51So it can't be in breach, cos I've not been out.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52No, you failed to go to court last Friday.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Yeah, I'm in court tomorrow.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56No, you should have gone to court last Friday,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58there's a warrant for your arrest.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I'll show you. Come here.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12I'm in court on the 17th, which is Wednesday.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15You should have gone to Oldham Magistrates' on Friday.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18And you didn't go. So they've issued a warrant for failing to go
0:38:18 > 0:38:21on Friday, but this is Tameside.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24This one that I'm here for's Oldham.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Do you know what I'm in court for?- Theft,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29it's your cigarette trick.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Nobody's said nothing to me about this.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Well, you'd have had notification, wouldn't you?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Sorry?- You would have had notification
0:38:37 > 0:38:39that you were at court last time you went to
0:38:39 > 0:38:41the police station when you were charged.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45So I've got to tell you that you're under arrest for failing to appear at the court, OK?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47You don't have to say anything,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49but it may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned
0:38:49 > 0:38:51something you later rely on in court.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Anything you do say could be given in evidence.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I thought I was due in court on the 17th.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Right, OK, so your reply is
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- "I thought I was due in court on the 17th."- Yeah.- OK, mate.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Pass me your lighters. You can't have it in your pocket when you go in, just spark your fag up.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07'Got no money, but he smokes like, 100 a day.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10'And that's all he steals, is cigarettes.'
0:39:10 > 0:39:14As individuals, I mean, I've got nothing against them whatsoever -
0:39:14 > 0:39:16we've got a job to do,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19and the people of Oldham
0:39:19 > 0:39:21NEED us to do that job,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23because these people are the ones who are out
0:39:23 > 0:39:25'supermarket shoplifting or whatever.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29'It's not the pretty sight of crime that you ordinarily see on TV,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32'but it's the people that are daily committing crime
0:39:32 > 0:39:35'which affects people's lives.'
0:39:35 > 0:39:37There's something here...
0:39:37 > 0:39:39That's miscellaneous papers.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Miscellaneous? Yeah...?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45No, mate... Just watch your head.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Don't bang your head.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- FEMALE OFFICER:- You all right there? - SUSPECT COUGHS
0:39:49 > 0:39:53'We must have arrested him three or four times this year for the same offence.'
0:39:53 > 0:39:56He's proper old-school, he's been round for ages, you know, doing this,
0:39:56 > 0:40:00you just do feel sorry for him. And obviously he's in really bad health.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02'You know he gets treated well,'
0:40:02 > 0:40:05and to be fair
0:40:05 > 0:40:07the system normally looks after him.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09So... He just needs help.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15The man spent 12 weeks in prison for the theft of cigarettes,
0:40:15 > 0:40:19and has clocked up ten more similar offences since.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33In the Stretford area of Manchester,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37the search of the van pulled over by police is now complete.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39The serious organised crime team
0:40:39 > 0:40:43found seven boxes of cannabis resin inside,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46along with a significant amount of cash.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50In Pendleton custody suite,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53the driver, Mark Corbett,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56is waiting to be charged in connection with the drugs seizure.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Hello. Come round here...
0:41:00 > 0:41:01- Hello.- Hiya, mate.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- This is Mark, is it?- Yeah.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- How are you, Mark? - All right, thank you.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08OK, Mark, you're charged with the following offence.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11You had in your possession 89 kilograms of cannabis resin.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Any reply you wish to make? - No reply.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Officers interviewed the man in the vehicle, Mr Corbett,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20and he's basically...
0:41:20 > 0:41:22What he's saying is that he's a courier.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25He previously has a conviction -
0:41:25 > 0:41:27'as a result of that conviction,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31'and being found in possession of drugs previously,'
0:41:31 > 0:41:35he's sort of maintaining that he has a debt to other people.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Because obviously those drugs were seized by the police,
0:41:38 > 0:41:42so he owes that money for those drugs to other people.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44So he's maintaining
0:41:44 > 0:41:49that he's in fact, like, under a bit of duress insomuch as he's a courier,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51and he's been forced into this position,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53that he's got to repay a debt,
0:41:53 > 0:41:58'and so this is why he's taking part in this activity.'
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Come on, Houdini...
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Sign wherever there's a X mark that you made no reply.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06'It amounted to about
0:42:06 > 0:42:09'a quarter of a million pounds' worth of cannabis resin,'
0:42:09 > 0:42:13and there was a large amount of cash - in excess of £30,000 in cash.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16'So, for somebody to be entrusted to be in charge of that
0:42:16 > 0:42:20'and only paid 500 quid - you know, in my opinion that's his story,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23'but it's going to be a matter for the court to decide
0:42:23 > 0:42:24'whether they believe that story,
0:42:24 > 0:42:27'or whether they believe he's much more involved.'
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Mark Corbett later pleaded guilty
0:42:32 > 0:42:34to possession with intent to supply
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Class B drugs,
0:42:36 > 0:42:37and to money laundering.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41He was sentenced to four years and two months in prison.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46The case DID prove to be the last
0:42:46 > 0:42:50for Greater Manchester detective sergeant Dave Eaves.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52'I've since retired, and, you know,
0:42:52 > 0:42:56'I've been spending a bit of time with my wife and I'll be spending
0:42:56 > 0:43:00'a bit of time doing things for myself for once.'
0:43:00 > 0:43:03But some days I might wake up half past four in the morning, I'd be thinking,
0:43:03 > 0:43:06"I'd be going in here now doing a warrant, or arresting somebody.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08"And I don't have to do that today." So that's a relief.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10And then there's other days you might be sat there
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and you might be thinking, "I wonder what they're all up to today,
0:43:13 > 0:43:16"you know, I'm missing it a bit." So it's difficult to explain.