POLICE officers helped to break down the door of a home in Halliwell as they aided bailiffs with an eviction.

Neighbours said they saw two police vans in the street as officers gathered outside the property on Gaskell Street at around 12.15pm yesterday.

A GMP spokesman confirmed that the eviction had been successful with the operation completed just before 1pm.

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