Lancashire Police descend on Buckshaw Village for more than 6 hours after incident on quiet cul-de-sac

By Matthew Calderbank
Published 28th Jul 2023, 10:08 BST
Updated 28th Jul 2023, 10:27 BST
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A large police presence was spotted at the scene of an incident in Buckshaw Village for around six hours last night (Thursday, July 27).

Officers were deployed to a quiet cul-de-sac near Sunningdale Drive, off Central Avenue, at around 2.30pm.

A number of police vans attended and officers, including Tac Ops, remained at the scene until around 8.30pm.

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Lancashire Police said officers were dealing with a concern for safety incident involving a man at a nearby home.

The force said it was unable to provide further details, but did confirm the incident was safely resolved with no one arrested or injured.

A police spokesman said: “It was a report of a concern for safety of a man at a property nearby. We were called at 2.29pm and officers stayed in the area until approximately 8.30pm.

"No one was arrested or injured.”