Greater Manchester police made the arrests after concerns over several independent candidates in May’s local election
Five people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into allegations that fake independent candidates were used to influence the outcome of a local election in Tameside.
Greater Manchester police said four men and a woman, aged between 23 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of fraud offences on Thursday morning in the Ashton-under-Lyne area.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Sundus Abdi.
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