Bomb squad called in and street closed

A FIVE-HOUR drama which saw army bomb disposal officers on the streets of Foleshill ended without incident on Monday night.

Station Street West was closed off next to Toros Steakhouse (formerly the General Wolfe pub), for around five hours from 2.45pm on Monday October 1.

Police were initially called to reports of a suspicious package and officers were immediately sent to the scene.

The bomb squad was subsequently sent in.

The drama saw the road closed off between the entrances at Foleshill Road and Northey Road.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police confirmed that officers from the Royal Logistics Corps bomb disposal unit were mobilised.

“Police were called to Station Street West in Coventry at around 2.45pm to reports of a suspicious package,” they said.

The spokesman added that a cordon was put in place and that Station Street West had been closed at Northey Road and Foleshill Road.”

The bomb squad were spotted at the scene and some people in the area reported hearing an explosion earlier in afternoon.

The road was eventually reopened at around 7.30pm.

Yesterday a West Midlands Police spokesman confirmed that the package did not turn out to be suspicious.

They said: “The item in Station Street West was safely disposed of by the bomb squad and was deemed not suspicious.”

However authorities did not reveal what the package was or what was inside it.

Officers from the army’s bomb disposal unit were also called to Station Street West in May 2017.

Again there were reports of a suspicious package and residents were told to evacuate their properties with many being forced to seek shelter in nearby restaurants.

Following an extensive investigation by the army’s explosives experts, it was confirmed the reports that time were a hoax.