THE crews of both Rhyl's inshore and all-weather lifeboats were called out in the early hours today (January 13).

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew at Rhyl and the volunteer Rhyl Coastguards were asked, at 2.50am, to attend an incident from North Wales Police, after multiple reports of a person appearing unstable on their feet on Foryd Bridge.

Another report stated that there appeared to be a large object in the harbour water.

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Weather conditions at the time were beyond the limits of the inshore lifeboat at the station, so the all-weather lifeboat launched first to act as “gatekeeper” at the harbour entrance.

The inshore lifeboat was taken by road to the harbour and launched there.

Both boats carried out a search of the harbour entrance and upriver to the railway bridge, but nothing was sighted.

The search continued until Holyhead Coastguard co-ordinating centre deemed that the area had been thoroughly covered with nothing found.

The boats were then stood down and returned to station to be made ready for the next call by 4am.

A North Wales Police spokesperson added: “We were called at 2.17am this morning to report a concern for safety incident at Foryd Bridge, Kinmel Bay, Rhyl.

“Officers attended and were assisted by colleagues from the Coastguard to conduct some enquiries.

“Officers left the area shortly before 4.30am.”