Crime gangs selling illicit puppies make 'eye-watering profits' from the cruel trade, say police.
Four people have been arrested in a series of police raids targeting "cruel" organised crime gangs involved in illicit puppy sales.
Greater Manchester Police said the raids followed a RSPCA investigation into puppies becoming sick and dying shortly after being sold to unsuspecting members of the public. GMP said it had uncovered an "illicit underground trade" that promoted animal cruelty and neglect, with sellers and criminal gangs making vast sums of money at the expense of innocent puppies and members of the public.
He said officers had also seized several mobile phones, documents and bank statements "all consistent with an organised criminal operation involving the fraudulent and unlawful sale and breeding of puppies".
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