DATE: Monday 21^st January, 23:00
LOCATION: Bargain Booze off license, Bury New Road, Prestwich
INCIDENT REPORT: 2 men entered the shop, one shortly before the other, and aggressively threatened staff with what is believed to be a black handgun. They demanded the tills to be opened and escaped on foot in the direction of Manchester with a sum of money.
DESCRIPTION: The first man was white, 5’6, short dark hair and wearing a dark Nike sports top. His accomplice was described as black, 6’ and sporting a dark hooded Nike Athletic top.
CONTACT: Prestwich CID — 0161 856 8240

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DATE: Thursday 17th January, 10:20
LOCATION: Post Office, Eccles Old Road, Hope
INCIDENT REPORT: The post office was robbed by three men - at least one of whom was armed - when a security van arrived to collect the takings. The criminals arrived in a Honda Prelude and threatened guards before making off with "a substantial amount" of cash. They escaped and switched cars on Voltare Avenue where at least two of the men left in the direction of the East Lancs Road in a B registration Volvo 740 which had been parked there at 09:30 that morning. The getaway car used in the robbery had itself been stolen from a 72 year old woman as she sat inside on Downham Crescent, Prestwich on Saturday 12th January.
DESCRIPTION: The men were described as: 6'2", slim and wearing a black fleece top, gloves and a balaclava, carrying either a small handgun or a wrench type weapon; 5'6", stocky, wearing a balaclava and carrying a black, single-barreled shotgun; and 6'0", black and slim.
CONTACT: Swinton CID - 0161 856 3531

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DATE: Thursday 17th January, 06:15
LOCATION: Manchester New Road, Middleton
INCIDENT REPORT: Three men broke into the rear of a house armed with a machete-like weapon, waking the occupants - a 66 year old man and his wife. They demanded that the keys to the owner's Volvo V70 (registration S507 JBW) be handed over and then escaped in the vehicle.
DESCRIPTION: White, 5'10", slim, fair hair and complexion with a Manchester accent; another was described as 5'8" and medium build.
CONTACT: Middleton CID - 0161 856 8740

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DATE: Tuesday 15th January, 15:40
LOCATION: Direct Business Equipment, King Street, Dukinfield
INCIDENT REPORT: A 51 year old woman's handbag was robbed by a gang of four young men. The bag contained, amongst other things, two syringes containing an anti-cancer drug and two needles. These drugs can be harmful if taken by the wrong person - symptoms may include abdominal pain. The group were seen running off towards a block of flats on King Street.
DESCRIPTION: They were all white, aged between 15 and 20 years old.
CONTACT: Stalybridge Police - 0161 856 9522

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DATE: Monday 14h January, just before 17:45
LOCATION: Davyhulme Road East, Stretford
INCIDENT REPORT: A middle-aged man driving a silver Audi TT Quattro (YC51 FAO) was attacked and threatened whilst waiting at temporary traffic lights. He was forced at knifepoint to evacuate the car and the assailant drove off at speed along Chester Road, in the direction of Manchester City Centre.
DESCRIPTION: The thief is black, about 30 years old, wearing dark clothes and a hat.
CONTACT: Greater Manchester Police - 0161 856 7669

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DATE: Friday 4th January, 20:50
LOCATION: Victoria Wine, Flixton Road, Flixton
INCIDENT REPORT: 3 teenagers threatened staff with coshes, assaulting one of them. The three youths escaped in an old-style Range Rover driven by a forth offender, who was waiting on Reid Avenue. They scarpered with one of the tills and the contents of another towards Urmston town centre.
DESCRIPTION: The 3 robbers were white, 6'2" wearing a dark jacket with white horizontal stripes, 5'10" wearing a black bubble jacket with white stripes & 5'6" wearing a blue, hooded jacket.
CONTACT: Stretford CID - 0161 856 7640

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DATE: Friday 4th January, 19:30
LOCATION: Gala Bingo, Hyde Road, Belle Vue
INCIDENT REPORT: 2 men entered armed with a shotgun and a machete. A shot was fired into the ceiling when an employee attempted to grab the gun. He was struck over the head and the robbers escaped with cash in a dark Rover 600 which was idling outside. The car later abandoned.
DESCRIPTION: Both men white, 5'7" & 6', one wearing Adidas tracksuit bottoms, beige jacket and a balaclava, the other was described as skinny.
CONTACT: Longsight CID - 0161 856 4240

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DATE: Friday 4th January, 14:20
LOCATION: Alliance & Leicester Building Society, Deansgate, Bolton
INCIDENT REPORT: 1 man, suspected to have been armed, threatened cashiers and made of with "a quantity of cash" before escaping along Deansgate in the direction of the junction between Bradshawgate and Bank Street.
DESCRIPTION: White man, 5'10", in his 40s, chubby build and sporting a moustache with a local accent. He wore a beige cap, dark green jacket, black trousers and orange tinted glasses.
CONTACT: Bolton CID - 0161 856 5653

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DATE: Thursday 3rd January 2002, 22:35
LOCATION: Hyde Road Petrol Station, Belle Vue
INCIDENT REPORT: 2 men, armed with a handgun and claw hammer stole cash from the till after threatening the two staff. There were no injuries
DESCRIPTION: Black, 5'5", blue waist-length jacket, black jeans and gloves and a black rucksack; 5'6", black jacket and bag.
CONTACT: South Manchester CID - 0161 856 4240

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DATE: Saturday 29th December 2001, 22:10
LOCATION: Nr Merefield Road, Broomwood Estate, Timperley
INCIDENT REPORT: An Asian takeaway delivery driver was attacked by eight youths armed with sticks, before being physically and verbally assaulted and having his car vandalised. His assailants escaped into the nearby housing estate when police arrived - the victim was treated for injuries to his face and limbs. Detective Sergeant Proudlove investigating described the attack as "cowardly and viscous" adding, "it is highly probable that some - if not all - of these youths are local."
DESCRIPTION: Two of the offenders were described as white, 17-18 years old, one wearing a red jacked, the other green.
CONTACT: Altringham OPU - 0161 856 7525

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