A convoy of police vans heading into Knowsley today, December 11 (Image: Merseyside police)

Everything you need to know after hundreds of police officers descended on area of Merseyside early this morning

Early this morning more than 250 officers in a fleet of around 60 police vehicles carried out one of Merseyside Police’s largest operations in 15 years Operation Vanguard launched: The coordinated crackdown targeted Stockbridge Village and Huyton as part of a “sustained and relentless offensive” against organised crime.

Merseyside Police executed 16 warrants, promptly at 7am. Police forced entry into multiple properties, using battering rams and saws, leaving residents shocked by the scale of the action. By 11.45am 27 arrests had been made through warrants, roadside checks, and lan

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