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It's morning and we're strolling through the market, exchanging pleasantries with traders and punters. Then in an instant we're cutting through the side streets of Harpurhey to box in a suspected a drug dealer.

The suspect is eventually caught. Found with illegal substances on his person, he is arrested and a search is carried out at his address.

This is a tiny glimpse of what a normal day is like for the GMP officers based in the suburb only a few miles away from the city centre.

The M.E.N spent around an hour, on foot, with the neighbourhood policing team lead, Inspector Dan Pickavance and PCSO, Angie Meah on Tuesday morning (December 3). View 4 Images

For Inspector Pickavance, who is affectionately referred to as “the boss”, his aim is stop Harpurhey from descen

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