Two thugs chased a man with a knife after he 'interrupted' them trying to steal a catalytic converter - before police found a stash of weapons in a 'suspicious car'.
Police officers were called to a 'disturbance' on Moss Lane in Whitefield at around 7.15pm last night (Wednesday). A witness said they saw two men, one with a knife, chasing another man, police said.
Nobody was found to be injured. Officers believe the victim had interrupted the group while they were in the middle of a catalytic converter theft.
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Just over an hour later, at around 8.30pm, police spotted a 'suspicious vehicle' on Bond Street. Inside the car they found multiple weapons including a knife, baseball bat and large metal pole.
Two men, aged 21 and 40, and one woman, aged 29, were arrested at the scene. They were all detained on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle, affray, and possession of class A drugs.
They remain in custody to be quizzed by detectives. Sergeant Dickinson, of Bury’s Neighbourhood Crime Team has said: "I would like to thank members of the public for remaining vigilant regarding suspicious activity and reporting it to the police as it helped our officers to make a swift arrest of the suspects and remove dangerous weapons off our streets.
"We would like to reassure the community that thefts of such nature are a priority for Greater Manchester Police and are being actively tackled by all local neighbourhood policing teams."
Information can also be reported online or by using the LiveChat function at www.gmp.police.uk. If you can't report online, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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