Lancashire Police have located an abandoned vehicle in Nelson that was 'left in a very dangerous state'.

On Friday, February 23, the Neighbourhood Policing Team received a report about the vehicle outside Whitefield Mill at the bottom of Victoria Street Nelson.

The vehicle that was found near a local school, had no licence plates, and police could not locate the owner.

The blue car was then seized.

Donna Waterworth from Lancashire Police's Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "The Neighbourhood Policing Team was called to an abandoned vehicle outside Whitefield Mill at the bottom of Victoria Street Nelson.

"When we arrived the vehicle had no plates and after many checks we could not locate the owner at this time.

"We have seized the vehicle as it was left in a very dangerous state and its near to the local school where children could have been injured with the sharp edges all over the road."