POLICE are investigating the origins of a “skull” found by a member of the public on a road in Motherwell early on Friday morning.
Officers were called before 6am as residents discovered what appeared to be a human skull in the Bellshill Road area.
Police were on the scene on Friday morning, locals reported, with an object “covered up” on the road.
A probe is now underway to determine whether the object is a genuine human skull or a piece of “missing memorabilia” but, according to officers, the find is not suspicious.
“Around 5.30am on Friday, April 15, police were called to Bellshill Road in Motherwell, after a member of the public discovered what appeared to be a skull,” a spokesperson for Police Scotland said.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish whether the skull is fake or is a piece of missing memorabilia. There is not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”
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