AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a 24-year-old woman was allegedly raped in Chorley.

Police said they were called to Harpers Lane in Chorley in the early hours of Sunday.

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Eyewitnesses reported police activity throughout the night and into Sunday, close to the roundabout junction with Eaves Lane.

A police spokesman said: "We were called at around 2.30am on Sunday following a report that a 24-year-old woman had been raped in Chorley.

"The incident is alleged to have happened on Harpers Lane in the early hours of Sunday morning.

"We remain in the early stages of an investigation to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.

"No arrests have been made at this time."

One neighbour, 54, who returned to his home at 4.30am on Sunday, said: "There was a lot of police activity on the betting shop car park especially, just to the side of the Masons pub.

"That particular area was taped off on Sunday morning.”