A suspected grenade was found in a canal in Rochdale.
Police were called to the water off Smith Bridge Road at around 10.40am on Sunday.
The item was found by a member of the public.
A Royal Logistic Corps bomb disposal unit was sent to the scene.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were called at around 10.40am this morning to a report of a suspected grenade found by a member of the public in the canal of Smithy Bridge Road in Littleborough.
"Officers are at the scene and a section of the canal has been cordoned off as a precaution while enquiries are carried out."
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