General · 16 August 2026

Wanted man arrested on Salford roof after two-day stand-off

Police arrested a 37-year-old man in Salford who had been sleeping on a roof after a two-day incident. Officers from Greater Manchester Police's tactical unit used a ladder to reach and pull him down from a back porch roof on Saturday. He was wanted for recall to prison and faces charges including criminal damage and assaulting two police officers.

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