Police investigating 'incident' outside Buxton pub

Part of the pavement outside The Vault pub on Buxton High Street was taped off this afternoon (Sunday, July 19).

A picture of the scene shows a police car along with a Crime Scene Investigations van parked nearby.

The nature of what took place is not yet known.

We have contacted Derbyshire Police for more information and are awaiting their reponse.

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