Police News – Rochdale East

Date published: 27 March 2015


Inspector Niall Pawson said: “Our priorities remain tackling burglaries and working closely with victims of domestic abuse offering reassurance and assistance ensuring victims get the best possible help and support also anti-social behaviour around the Kingsway.”

  • £158,950 to be confiscated from criminal Adam Marsden, 30, of Juniper Drive, Rochdale.
  • Four people have been arrested after £800,000 worth of drugs was seized in Rochdale. On Monday 23 March 2015, police made enquiries at a house on Clement Royds Street and upon returning to their police van they discovered two large bags containing over £800,000 worth of cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. A nearby address was subsequently searched and further class A drugs were recovered and along with approximately £53,000 in cash. 
  • A household in Littleborough yesterday rang 999 when officers arrived they came to find that the male rang 999 because his partner refused to give him a cigarette. He was issued a on the stop £100 fixed penalty for wasting police time. 
Vehicle Crime

It has been another busy week this week in relation to vehicle crime but this is still a drop from last week’s figures. In total there has been 21 vehicles crimes; these are two theft of motor vehicles, 15 theft from a vehicle and four vehicle interference crimes.

Theft from a motor vehicle:

Kikholt x 1
Littlebrough x 0
Milnrow & Newhey x 0
Smallbridge & Firgrove x 0
Wardle & West Littleborough x 1
Castleton x 3
Kingsway x 10

Theft of motor vehicle:

Kikholt x 1
Littlebrough x 1
Milnrow & Newhey x 0
Smallbridge & Firgrove x 0
Wardle & West Littleborough x 0
Castleton x 0
Kingsway x 0

Vehicle Interference:

Kingsway x 4

Burglary Dwelling

For the week on Rochdale East - 13

Littlebrough x 0
Milnrow & Newhey x 0
Wardle & West Littleborough x 2
Balderstone & Kirkholt x 3
Castleton x 3
Kingsway x 4
Smallbridge x 1

Burglary other than Dwelling

For the week on Rochdale East - two

Littlebrough x 0
Milnrow & Newhey x 0
Wardle & West Littleborough x 0
Balderstone & Kirkholt x 1
Castleton x 0
Kingsway x 1
Smallbridge x 0

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