Police evacuate homes and close Hagley Road in Stourbridge after suspicious package found
A SECTION of Hagley Road in Stourbridge which was closed after a suspicious package was found has now been opened.
Officers were called at 12.42pm yesterday after a box containing the suspect device was found at an address in Danford Close.
Police put a 100m cordon in place while bomb disposal specialists worked at the scene.
Residents in around a dozen neighbouring properties were asked to leave their homes as a precaution.
However, at around 1.30am this morning police lifted the cordon.
More to follow.
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