Police investigating four suspicious incidents involving same car

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 07:00

Police are investigating four suspicious incidents involving the same car in Oldham and Rochdale on Friday 24 August.　

The first incident took place at around 3pm when three men broke into a property on Ripponden Road in Denshaw. After searching the property, it is believed the three offenders fled the scene in a red Ford Fiesta.　

The second incident is believed to have happened around 40 minutes later as three masked men forced their way into a property on Foxhill in Shaw and threatened the elderly occupants with a screwdriver. The men searched for valuables before fleeing the scene.　

At around 4pm it was reported to police that three men travelling in a red Ford Fiesta had smashed the windows of a car travelling on Turf Hill Road in Rochdale with weapons in an apparent road rage incident.

The final incident took place between 4:50pm and 5:05pm whereby three men forced their way into the home of an elderly couple on Hereford Street in Rochdale and threatened the occupants in a similar fashion to the earlier incident in Shaw.

The men fled the scene with valuables from the house.

Detective Chief Inspector Gary McIntyre, of GMP’s Oldham Borough, said: “This is quite a strange set of circumstances involving four separate incidents that stretch across two different towns but are very similar in nature.　

“A number of the victims involved are vulnerable people but thankfully none of them were physically injured and we are doing all we can to find those responsible.　

“Although the investigation is still in its infancy so at this stage we cannot say with absolute certainty that these incidents are linked, given the descriptions of the people involved and the car used, we are currently treating them as such.　

“With that in mind, I want to urge anyone with information that can help us with our enquiries to please contact police as a matter of urgency.”

Listener Club

Get more with the Listener Club!

Alim OnAir

Have you a question about the religious, cultural or tradition aspect of Islam? Then join Hazrat Maulana Fazal Dad in the weekly show every Friday between 8-9pm.
The Golden Era

The golden era of Bollywood celebrated in this weekly show full of classics taking you back in time. Every Sunday between 5pm - 7pm
Remix Saturdays

Every Saturday evening we turn to remixes of hit songs to get you in the Saturday night party mood! Every Saturday between 5pm - 8pm
Bhangra Nights

Get over the Weekday blues - Every Tuesday night is party night with the best Bhangra and Urban Asian Beats. The Bhangra Show every Tuesday between 8pm-11pm