Overview
- Greater Manchester Police, which were called around 12:30pm Sunday, responded to reports of a man with a firearm near the Beehive pub in Bolton.
- Officers arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm.
- Police later assessed the item involved as non-viable.
- The Manchester Evening News reported the object was understood to be a stick rather than a gun.
- Staff at the Beehive pub declined to comment when contacted by the newspaper.