Harpurhey body builder ‘The Demon’ jailed along with his drug gang for illegally tracking and robbing rival dealers

The heat lamps had been seized by Greater Manchester Police in drugs raids on cannabis farms and were donated by the force to help nurture the grass at the home of the League One club

A coroner has warned about the dangers of underage drinking, after a 15-year-old Oldham schoolboy was found frozen to death when he failed to find his way home following a drunken night out with friends.

Hundreds of scratch and sniff cards were delivered to drug hot-spots with the intention of familiarizing the public with the potent odour so they would be able to detect nearby cannabis farms

A Bolton business duo are trying to show the world there is more to the hemp seed than its cannabis roots suggest.

Wesley Keith Coulding, 36, previously of Hattersley Road West, Manchester, sowed the seeds of a drug empire, but was stopped in its tracks before the plants could fully flourish

More than 15 kilos of cannabis, with an estimated street value of £150,000, has been discovered in a disused bakery in Oldham.

Following on from the success of its first project last year, Crimestoppers have teamed up with Greater Manchester Police to launch the second phase of its campaign to tackle cannabis cultivation

Cannabis users may be seeing their fertility go up in smoke, claims a Manchester University study.
The research, completed in conjunction with the University of Sheffield, showed that the drug affected the size and shape of sperm, while booze binges and smoking had little effect.

Greater Manchester Police retrieved 120 plant pots following a major drugs bust in Swinton, Salford, last month, and decided to put the pots to a better use

Tariq Livesey was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment and handed a five-year restraining order