Operation Valant arrest

Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan leads a team of officers making an arrest as part of Operation Valant, the Greater Manchester Police operation to bring those responsible for recent large scale disorder in the region, to justice.

Greater Manchester Police is continuing to arrest all those suspected of being involved in the disorder in the city centre and Salford.

Thanks to the launch of the Shop a Looter campaign, with pictures of those suspected of being involved in looting displayed on huge advertising vans, GMP has been inundated with information from members of the public.

Thanks to that support, police have been able to make a number of arrests on Thursday evening and overnight, bringing the total number of arrests since Tuesday's disorder to more than 200.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of burglary.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of burglary after he boasted on his Facebook site he could not be caught.

Another handed himself in after his friend saw his picture on the ad vans and called him to say his image was all over Manchester and had no place to hide.

ACC Garry Shewan said: "We said we would be coming for you, and we are. Within minutes of the ad van being launched in Manchester with the faces of some of those people involved, we have been inundated with information from members of the public about who these people are.

"These are just some of the good arrests we have made -- I have been told of countless more by officers who are using every piece of information and every available avenue to find these people and bring them in.

"With the help of our communities we are identifying these people and arresting them. This is just the start - we will not rest until we have identified everyone involved."

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