Gas canister activated at pub in Heywood
Date published: 23 June 2007
Detectives in Rochdale are appealing for witnesses following an incident at a pub in Heywood last night, Friday 22 June 2007.
At 11.15pm a number of men approached the Victoria Pub on Church Street armed with baseball bats. They smashed several windows at the front of the building before walking into the pub and activating a gas cannister, believed to be CS gas, before leaving the pub.
Nothing was stolen and no-one was injured during the incident.
Officers are appealing to anyone with any further information to contact Rochdale CID on 0161 856 8552 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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