BREAKING: Three guns and ammunition found 'in bushes by children'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree guns and ammunition were found 'in bushes by children' in Heywood. Police officers were scrambled to the Darnhill area at around 6.30pm last night (Monday) to reports that a firearm had been found.
The Manchester Evening News understands that a child, or a group of children, made the sinister discovery in some bushes on a grassed area on Argyle Street, near to a local primary school.
A police spokesperson confirmed in a statement that officers found three guns at the scene. Ammunition was also found. READ MORE: Horror as youths armed with a knife and baseball bats fight at a leisure complex as schoolkids make their way home The weapons will now be sent off for forensic examination.
No arrests have been made at this stage. Last night, pictures taken at the scene showed a cordon in place around an area of grass and bushes on Argyle Street.
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