A 42-year-old man has been arrested amid a police investigation into an alleged assault involving Manchester United great Roy Keane on Sunday.
20.08.2023 - 15:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A self-dubbed ‘bossman’ who brought about his own downfall after bragging about his crimes is amongst those who have been jailed in Greater Manchester this week.
Also locked up across the region were a paedophile who groomed a 12-year-old girl on social media before raping her and a man who stabbed a police officer. Fortunately, he was saved by his stab vest.
Prison terms are handed out to the most serious offenders each week. And Manchester Evening News reporters are on hand to cover these cases day-in-day-out.
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A self-dubbed gangster 'bossman' of a multi-million pound drug dealing business brought on his own downfall after bragging about his luxury lifestyle paid for by ill-gotten cash.
In 2021, police pulled over Waqar Hussain whilst driving a VW Golf which had an unpaid fine, and found £14,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine.
He was also found with a number of false registration plates, scissors which had been adapted into a weapon and his car was registered under a false name.
Three months later his home in Rochdale was searched, in which officers found a loaded gun and drugs valued up to £10,000 stashed in a tailpipe. They also found baseball bats and in his bedroom were designer goods including five Rolex watches as well as £18,000 in criminal cash, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Two phones were seized and later analysed, revealing hundreds of messages, selfies and social media posts relating to drug dealing and boasting of his luxury lifestyle, along with a debtors list. In one picture, a wad of cash can be seen in the background, and in the foreground, a Nokia phone reads 'Boss Waqar'.
And in another social media post bags of large
A 42-year-old man has been arrested amid a police investigation into an alleged assault involving Manchester United great Roy Keane on Sunday.
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