 Counterfeit shops in Cheetham Hill and Strangeways have proven links to criminal gangs, drugs distribution, modern slavery, and money laundering.

What happens to counterfeit goods after they are confiscated?

Once inside the shop, officers found more people locked in rooms on the second and third floors.

50 shoppers found trapped inside rat-infested illegal store

Police rescued the group who were found huddled inside after hearing shouts for help in the UK's "counterfeit capital."

HMP Manchester, which is still commonly known by its old name Strangeways, underwent an Independent Review of Progress in June. 

In the last 48 hours the North West has seen two mills and two recycling businesses destroyed.

Police say at least ten fire engines are at the scene of a mill fire near Strangeways Prison in Manchester

The killer staged a two-day protest at Strangeways in which he caused £1million of damage to the roof. 

Man owns a table lamp made from the handle from the former gallows at Strangeways Prison.