A major search is underway at a house and garden in Salford in connection with an ‘ongoing investigation’.
Specialist police search teams were first spotted outside the property on Crowngreen Road in the Eccles area earlier this week. Forensic and Tactical Aid Unit (TAU) vans have been spotted stationed outside the home.
Today (Sunday, July 19) forensic teams have been pictured going in and out of the property. A cordon has also been put in place around the home.
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A digger has been pictured in the garden. Police were spotted carrying bags of evidence out from the house.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said officers are searching a property and garden ‘in relation to intelligence received regarding an ongoing investigation’. No further information on the probe has been released at this stage.
In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: “Officers are currently searching a property and garden on Crowngreen Road, Eccles. This is in relation to intelligence received regarding an ongoing investigation.”
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Searches are ongoing at the house and garden this afternoon.
Police search a house at Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police search a house at Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police have been digging up the garden.
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Here’s some more photos of police working on the scene in Eccles.
Police search a house on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police search a house on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police search a house on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Anita, 64, another neighbour, said she wants to know exactly what is going amid the police presence on Crowngreen Road.
“They have been digging and have taken up the shed but we don’t know why. I just want to know what’s going on but they don’t tell us anything.
“There’s always been an officer present, one at the front and one at the back, I’ve also seen someone like an inspector.”
A huge pile of rubble is outside the property amid the search.
Police search a property on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police search a property on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Police search a property on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
A number of police vehicles are stationed on Crowngreen Road today.
James, 35, who lives nearby said:
“They have been here every day, the Tactical Aid Unit has been here every day.
“There was literally 40 police near the start. They have been here a week.
“They were digging and were here last night until 10 o’clock.”
Pictures show police carrying bags of evidence from the property.
Evidence bags gathered at a search of a house and garden in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Evidence bags gathered at a search of a house and garden in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
Neighbours have told our reporter that police have been on the scene for over a week.
Part of the garden appears to have been dug up.
A digger at a house and garden on Crowngreen Road in Eccles(Image: Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News)
According to neighbours, the search on Crowngreen Road in Eccles has been underway since earlier this week.
A GMP spokesperson said:
“Officers are currently searching a property and garden on Crowngreen Road, Eccles.
“This is in relation to intelligence received regarding an ongoing investigation.”
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