The lifeboat was called out to Craigendoran pier
A REPORT of a child stranded on a pile at Craigendoran pier earlier this week turned out be a false alarm, according to Helensburgh's lifeboat crew.
The RNLI team were called out shortly after 4pm on Tuesday, April 30 and arrived on scene at 4.31pm.
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HM Coastguard, police and the Ministry of Defence RIB also attended.
A search was carried out but no trace of a casualty or informant was found.
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A spokesman for the Helensburgh RNLI crew confirmed the call was being treated as a "false alarm with good intent".
The lifeboat reported back on station at 5.10pm.
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