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An axe attack prompts a police operation to take down Rochdale’s most notorious gang. Detectives uncover a complex criminal network, but bringing the gang to justice won’t be easy.

When a group of tree surgeons attempt to intervene in a road rage incident on Rochdale’s Newbold Estate, the dispute escalates, and one of the group is attacked with an axe, his hand almost severed. It soon emerges that the main suspects in the axe-attack are members of a notorious local gang known as the Adam OCG (Organised Crime Group), and the case is passed to Detective Sergeant Martin Soutter and his small team of specialist officers. With the axe attack providing a way into a wider investigation, Martin decides to launch an operation with the aim of bringing down the entire gang.

Martin’s team uncovers a sophisticated criminal network involved in major drug dealing, widespread grooming of children to deal drugs, witness intimidation and suspected money laundering. But as the investigation unfolds, it soon becomes clear that bringing the most senior gang members to justice will not be easy.

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58 minutes

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Wed 1 Nov 2023 23:45

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Role Contributor
Director Benedict Sanderson
Director Jack Warrender
Producer Nicholas Jacobs
Producer Joe Butcher
Production Manager Alisha McKenzie
Production Manager Laura Watts
Series Producer Louise Malkinson
Executive Producer Morgan Matthews
Executive Producer Sophie Jones
Executive Producer Kate Collier
Production Company Minnow Films

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