A Section 60 and 60AA has been authorised in a defined area of Stretford in response to a disturbance last night (8 August).

At around 8.45pm, officers responded to an incident on Marple Grove, in which several males were seen to be chasing a victim and attempting to attack him. At least one person is believed to have been using a machete. Thankfully, he escaped without injury.

No arrests have been made and further enquiries are ongoing.

Under a Section 60, officers have extra powers to stop and search people in the area defined above within the timeframe. A Section 60AA authority allows us to require people to remove face coverings used to disguise or conceal their appearance.

The authority, which was granted at 10pm last night, will run for a 24-hour period until 10pm tonight (Sunday 9 August).

The enforcement of the S60 has been granted as part of our response to keeping the community safe and preventing further incidents taking place. Officers will be increasing patrols in the area over the coming days.

The authorisation will be reviewed throughout the day and extended if necessary.

Chief Inspector Justin Woodward, from GMP’s Trafford district, said: “This order has been implemented to provide officers with extra powers to tackle these sort of vile actions, which will never be tolerated.

“This could have easily led to serious injury or worse, and it is right that our officers in the area have these powers to stop-search and ask people to remove face coverings. Ultimately, this is to deter and prevent any further criminality.

“You will see extra officers in the area and I would urge anyone with any information or issues to please get in touch with us.”

You can contact police via 101 or gmp.police.uk, quoting log 3801 of 08/08/26.