Operation Riptide has concluded with prison sentences totalling over 75 years

Mr Jeremy Lasker secured the conviction of the ‘inside man’ employed as a driver by G4S Security at their Swinton depot. This Defendant, who received a 20-year sentence had provided information to his co-conspirators enabling them to carry out a series of armed robberies against G4S cash in transit crews.  The Robberies were carried out over an 18-month period in the Moss Side, Walkden and Ramsbottom areas. The robbers, using shot guns and machetes got away with over £160,000.00 in cash