Moment armed cops swoop on man who didn't know he had grenades in his rucksack

This is the moment armed police swoop on a man as he unwittingly cycled away from a crime scene with hand grenades in his rucksack.

Cops forced Graham Wellings, 56, off his bike, pinned him to the ground and found two hand grenades in his bag.

The army's bomb disposal squad had to be called to make the two grenades safe, and almost 400 residents of Gorse Hill in Stretford had to be evacuated as part of a huge police operation across two days which smashed a cocaine, heroin and cannabis supply racket.

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Mr Wellings was cleared of all charges after a trial, after he told jurors he thought he had been handed cannabis, not grenades.

Others face lengthy sentences after admitting their roles in the drugs and guns gang.

Mr Wellings' trial heard how the police operation had started with a search of garages beside Milton Court on Tuesday January 26, last year, and continued for the rest of the week, with raids in some of the flats themselves.

As the police activity continued, Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Nathan Morgan, the outfit's boss, had become increasingly paranoid.

Morgan, 37, called a member of his drugs gang, Gary Davies, on the nearby Lakes estate. Davies' flat at Derwent Road boasted an industrial drugs press and he was a central figure in the class A drugs supply operation.

At the behest of Morgan, Davies summoned Mr Wellings, who at one time lived at Davies' flat, and handed him an empty rucksack and a bike, the court had heard.

Mr Wellings cycled across Stretford to Milton Court, where Morgan gave him a package containing two live hand grenades, despite the heavy police presence in the area.

In his defence during his trial,