About 500 officers deployed as part of operation at headquarters of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Police have raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage.
About 500 officers drawn from across the north-west of England were on the ground on Wednesday morning and made a number of arrests. The officers had warrants to enter the group’s headquarters, which is based out of a former orphanage, as well as other properties in Crewe, Cheshire.
The arrests come after Cheshire police were alerted in March about a woman, now based in the Republic of Ireland, who had made a complaint of being raped and sexually abused at AROPL’s headquarters. All of the alleged offences took place in 2023 and involved the woman, who was a member of the group at the time.
The suspects in the case are men and women and are American, Mexican, British, German and Spanish. Following the arrests, police conducted a search of the premises.
