Four shops have now been closed by police and trading standards across Nantwich and Crewe amid a crackdown on suspected illegal activity.
We revealed last week how Friendly Mart shop on High Street in Nantwich had been subjected to a three-month closure order.
A man has been arrested in possession of a knife in the Acton area of Nantwich.
Police said Response Patrol Officers from Crewe were deployed to an incident in Acton last night (July 4th).
The Friendly Mart store on High Street in Nantwich was among a number of outlets raided by police and trading standards today.
Cheshire Police carried out a number of warrants on premises as part of a crackdown on convenience stores suspected of being used for or engaged in criminal activity.
A man from Nantwich has been arrested after a vehicle failed to stop and led police on a pursuit along the A500.
Police said officers from the force’s Roads and Crime unit sighted a suspicious vehicle travelling on the A500 near Shavington.
Police in Nantwich today repeated warnings about leaving pets in vehicles after being called out to rescue a dog locked in a car in the town centre.
This dog was rescued from a vehicle parked on Nantwich Civic Centre car park at around 10.40am when outside temperatures were already around 30 degrees.
A man has been charged in connection with an alleged serious assault of an 86-year-old in Nantwich town centre.
Richard Garside, 66, of Nantwich, has been charged with wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.
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A Nantwich man has been jailed for more than three years today after he was caught creating and possessing indecent images of young girls.
And it emerged that Christopher Heavey, 38, contacted his victims on social media offering to sell them vapes.
A woman from Nantwich has been jailed for more than five years after she admitted being involved in the supply of illegal drugs.
Abigail Wright appeared at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday 10 June, where she was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison.
Cheshire Police carried out 13,675 stop searches over the past year and 160 strip searches which involved the ‘exposure of intimate parts’.
The 2025/26 figures were released by the force following a request by the county’s police and crime panel, which had also asked for a breakdown of the numbers, including ethnicity and children.
Nantwich Police have had a busy weekend already and have made 35 arrests before midday on June 7th.
The most recent included Sunday a 35-year-old man from Stockport who was arrested in Nantwich earlier today (June 7th) after failing to provide a sample for analysis.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s leader has urged out-of-town protesters outside Webb House in Crewe to go home – saying they are not helping anyone and are making residents feel very vulnerable.
Protests outside the HQ of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light on Victoria Avenue have continued since the building was raided by more than 500 police officers at the end of April.
A man from Nantwich and another from Crewe have been charged in connection with offences outside the religious group centre raided by police last month.
Daniel Tsimbilakis and Jordan Kennerley were arrested on Sunday (May 31st) in the Victoria Avenue area of Crewe.
A Nantwich man has been charged after a car crashed into parked vehicles and flipped over on its roof.
Police say a 32-year-old man was arrested and has since been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, one count of obstructing a constable in the execution of their duty and one count of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.
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