A number of roads were cordoned off as emergency crews responded
Bomb squad officers descended on a quiet residential street after reports of a 'suspicious item' being found in a garden.
Following several tense hours, it was determined that the object, initially thought to be an ominous threat, was 'nothing sinister or dangerous'. Police said that although the item has not be determined, it is a solid piece of metal and thought to be an old cannon ball. In a statement on the Chorley Police Facebook page last night, Sgt Riding said: "You may have seen an increased police presence within the Rivington Lane area this afternoon. Just to update you all, we attended a report of a suspicious object that had been found after being dug up from the garden of a property.
"This has now been resolved and turns out to be nothing sinister or dangerous. Thank you to the EOD for assisting along with PC DAVIES and his dog PD Fred from BTP."
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