North West Regional Organised Crime Unit
 
  • Operation Blenheim

    288 years for ringleaders of £100 million drug trafficking gang.

  • Operation Tarim

    92 years for gang who imported £4.4 million worth of drugs into Rochdale

  • Most wanted captured

    Joint operation between Titan, SOCA and Spanish authorities leads to arrest of Andrew Moran, one of the UK's most wanted fugitives.

  • Operation Redbank

    Titan investigation leads to seizure of 80 kilos of cocaine with a street value of £20 million.

  • Operation Sirius

    Read how officers from Titan recovered 14 valuable paintings including some by L.S.Lowry that were stolen in a violent robbery in 2007.

  • Operation Smolan

    Two receive life imprisonment for their part in smuggling guns into the North West. Read more...

  • Operation Caddisfly

    An operation that stopped a major supply route of heroin and cocaine into the North West. Read more.

  • Operation Knot

    This operation led to a gang from Liverpool receiving 152 years in prison

 

OUR VISION

To protect the communities within the North West from serious and organised crime.

OUR MISSION

To identify, disrupt and dismantle organised crime groups causing the most harm to the North West.

OUR VALUES

Trust, commitment and respect.

Our Mission

00032

Firearms Recovered

£2,372,000

Stolen property and cash

£33,092,370

Confiscation Orders

01332

Years Imprisoned

£37,487,898

Drugs Recovered

00309

Criminals arrested

Operations

Behind Bars

Click here to see a gallery of all the criminals that have been captured and imprisoned by Titan.

Latest News

Read about the latest news stories and successes in the fight against organised crime.

Fri 24th, May

OP Tarim-Gang sentenced to 92 years.

A gang from Greater Manchester has this afternoon (Friday, May 24) been jailed for a total of 92-and-a-half years after a successful investigation by Titan.

Mon 20th, May

275 years imprisonment on Operation Blenheim-£100 million drug conspiracy

28 members of a gang who conspired to traffic millions of pounds of drugs from Merseyside to Scotland have been jailed for a total of 275 years.

Mon 20th, May

£50,000 Jacobs watch amoungst items confiscated

Vinny Graham, a North-west drug dealer who was jailed for seven years for conspiring to supply Class A drugs in Southport has had £700,000-worth of assets stripped from him.

Thu 16th, May

Eight charged in mephedrone investigation

They will all appear at Bolton magistrates' court tomorrow Friday, 17 May 2013.

CRIME AREAS

The areas highlighted in yellow indicate the places where Titan investigations have impacted. To read more simply click on the highlighted area to view the operations.

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