Dale Cregan Investigators Make 300 Arrests

A gangland crime investigation set up after Dale Cregan ambushed and shot two police officers has led to 300 arrests.

Operation Challenger was launched to tackle criminal gangs and feuding families across Manchester after the deaths of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.

The probe targeted criminals involved in a 10-year turf war after Cregan - who had already murdered father and son David and Mark Short - lured the young officers to their deaths in September 2012.

Greater Manchester Police says it has seized more than £300,000 of drugs and £2m of property - making it "virtually impossible" for criminals to operate across Tameside and north and east Manchester.

The force believes its response to Cregan's murder spree is the UK's largest operation against organised crime in terms of the number of agencies involved.

Dale Cregan killed PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in an ambush

Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said: "The investigation into the murders of Fiona, Nicola and the Short family revealed a far-reaching web of organised criminality and extreme violence which had to be tackled.

"The historic rivalry between criminal factions fighting over reputation and territory and creating alternative systems of justice was the spark that led to the tragic events we saw last year.

"Over the past few years, we have made huge strides towards tackling organised crime. Millions of pounds worth of drugs have been seized and more than 1,500 years of jail time handed out to offenders.

"However, we know there are still criminal networks causing misery to certain communities so Operation Challenger seeks to build on our successes and permanently tackle these organised crime groups."

Cregan, 30, was jailed for life in June for shooting dead Mark Short in a pub in May 2012, killing his father David in a gun and grenade attack four months later and murdering PCs Bone and Hughes in an ambush in Abbey Gardens, Mottram.

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