Cordon lifted after Royal Navy bomb disposal team called to West Street, Fareham as shopping precinct is evacuated by police
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Bomb disposal experts from the Royal Navy have been scrambled to the West Street to tackle the ongoing situation.
Police have enforced a 100m cordon of the popular shopping district.
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Hide AdIt follows the discovery of a suspicious package, Hampshire Constabulary confirmed.
See our live blog below for more coverage of the incident
Footage from the scene shows hundreds of shoppers having been evacuated from the scene.
Police were called just after 12pm and the cordon was lifted at around 4pm.
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LIVE UPDATES: Fareham town centre evacuated over suspect package
Key Events
- Cordon lifted at 4pm
- Royal Navy bomb disposal on scene
- Hundreds of shoppers evacuated
Disposal robot moves off - cordon set to end
That last image showed the RN bomb disposal robot through the alleyway connecting Westbury Road and Osborn Road. It’s now left the area.
Emergency services at the scene tell our reporter the cordon is soon to be lifted in a staggered way.
Scene guard PC relieved
Local Fareham bobby PC Steve Cann, who announced the town centre open and pulled the tape down. He’s been stood in the hot sun for two hours in 14lb of kit.
Live blog ends
That’s it from us on the live blog - but we’ll stay on the case and bring you more updates when we know more about what the suspect package turned out to be.
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