Suspected Ordnance Device Delivered to Perth Police Station
Police Scotland responded to a suspected ordnance device brought to Perth City Police Station on Barrack Street around 9:35 a.m. The station implemented safety measures and briefly closed the surrounding road before reopening it.
nationalpost.comBomb disposal specialists were sent to Perth City Police Station in Scotland after an unidentified item was delivered to the building on Sunday morning. m. when the object was handed in at the station on Barrack Street. Police immediately put safety measures in place and closed the road to traffic and pedestrians.
Officers moved the item outside the station building.
The Explosives Ordnance Disposal team is traveling to the site to examine the object and determine whether it poses any threat. Barrack Street has since reopened. A Police Scotland spokesman stated that the device was taken outside and that the road closure lasted only a short time. 35am on Sunday, May, 17, a possible ordnance device was handed in to the police station at Barrack Street, Perth.
Key Facts
Story Timeline
3 events- 9:35 a.m. Sunday
Unidentified item handed in at Perth City Police Station on Barrack Street.
1 sourceGB News - Shortly after 9:35 a.m.
Police closed Barrack Street and moved the item outside the station.
1 sourceGB News - Later Sunday morning
Explosives Ordnance Disposal team dispatched to examine the device.
1 sourceGB News
Potential Impact
- 01
Brief road closure around the police station disrupted local traffic for a short period.
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