TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a raid on a house in Whitefield.

Police investigating the murder of 26-year-old Kieran McGrath executed a warrant at a house in Dartmouth Road yesterday and detained the suspects for questioning.

Officers also searched six other properties, in Bury, Heywood and Blackley, and arrested a third man. The three are aged 18, 30 and 32.

Kieran was found collapsed outside Ashton Police Station at 10.25pm on October 4 and it later emerged he had made his way there after being shot in the chest.

He was pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts to resuscitate him.

Anyone with information is asked to phone police on 0161 856 4711 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.