A MAN was seen on the wrong side of the bridge railings over a busy motorway this weekend.

Police officers received reports of the man on the bridge on the evening of Saturday, May 21. 

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They attended the bridge over the M27 just before junction nine.

However, when officers arrived they found the man had left the area. 

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