Three men have been charged and another has been arrested after hundreds of thousands of pills were found by police during a raid.

The discovery was made a during raid at an industrial unit in Cheetham Hill and resulted in two men, aged 54 and 59, being arrested. Greater Manchester Police said their Serious and Organised Crime division raided an address on Stanley Street on Monday (August 4).

They found several hundred thousand pills, believed to be illicit prescription medications such as pregabalin and diazepam, GMP said.

Further arrests were made after searches at properties in Cheadle , Chorlton and Ashton where £100,000 in cash, a number of 'high value' watches and vehicles said to be worth £250,000 were seized.

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