Rochdale Firearms Incident- Five Men Arrested
Five men have been arrested following a firearm being discharged in Rochdale.
At around 11.05pm on Wednesday 30th September, police were called to Cecil Street in Rochdale following reports of shots fired at people in a car.
Officers attended and discovered damage to the windscreen of the car, believed to be consistent with a firearms discharge.
Nobody was injured during the incident.
A full investigation was launched and at around 9:30pm on Thursday 1st September, five men were stopped in a car on Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The men remain in custody for questioning.
Detective Inspector Lee Hopwood said: “We currently have five men in custody in connection with this incident however the investigation continues and I would like to continue to appeal to anybody with information to please contact the police.”
Anybody with information should contact police on 0161 856 8549 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.