A man has been charged after turning up to a pub in Lostock Hall with an axe.
Police were called to the Pleasant Retreat on Watkin Lane at 10.03pm on Friday (31 October) to reports of a man with a weapon.
Police attended and arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of possessing a bladed article in a public place.
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Stuart McFarlane, 48, of Central Park Road, Lostock Hall, was charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court on 2 December.
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