Man, 59, arrested on suspicion of assault after police swarm residential Blackpool street

A man was arrested after police swarmed a residential street following reports on an assault in Blackpool.
A man was arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident in Gynn Avenue, Blackpool (Credit: Google)A man was arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident in Gynn Avenue, Blackpool (Credit: Google)
A man was arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident in Gynn Avenue, Blackpool (Credit: Google)

10 police cars reportedly attended an incident in Gynn Avenue shortly after 7pm on Thursday (July 20), according to eyewitnesses.

Officers on Friday morning (July 21) confirmed a 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault following the incident.

“He remains in custody and enquiries are ongoing,” a spokesman for Lancashire Police added.

No further information about the incident was released by police.