Wellington Place police statement after delivery causes evacuation
Office workers were evacuated after the alarm was raised over a ‘suspicious package’.
Emergency services were called to Wellington Place in Leeds city centre[1] at 9.25 this morning.
A building was evacuated as the emergency services carried out checks. The package was found to be a genuine delivery and put down to a ‘false alarm’.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “At 9.25am, police were called to report of a potentially suspicious package that had been delivered to a building in Wellington Place, Leeds.
“The building was evacuated for a short time while emergency services carried out precautionary checks.
“It was deemed a genuine delivery and the package proved not to be suspicious. All those evacuated have been allowed back in the building.”
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