Drama as suspect device discovered

Shelley Jeffrey, 24, pictured, has grown up in the family home on Queen Street, next to the burn, but the severity of last year’s flooding made her realise there probably isn’t a future there.

She said: “This home has been a safe haven, but I can’t see how it will be in future as I think it will get worse.

RESIDENTS on a Monifieth housing estate were evacuated yesterday after a potential “unexploded device” was found by workmen.

A cordon was put up around Angus Court on the Victoria Grange development, to the north of the town.

Police officers were called to the scene just before 3pm and bomb disposal experts were also in attendance.

Police later confirmed that the incident had been a false alarm with good intent.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “We were called around 2.40pm on Wednesday October 27 to a report of a device found by workmen at a property in Angus Court, Monifieth.

“EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) was made aware. A cordon was put in place, some properties were evacuated and local roads were closed as a precaution.

“This was a false alarm with good intent and there was no wider threat to the public.”

Several residents reported that they had been prevented from returning home, and others were told they had to leave their properties.

One resident said: “We got turned back just after the health centre and it was shut all the way to the Dobbies roundabout.

“The police told me there was a potential unexploded device and there was a 100m cordon in place and residents couldn’t go to their houses and were being evacuated.”

Another resident said: “We sat in the Costa car park for 30 minutes, as the police wouldn’t let even one of us out of the car to walk home with the dog.

“We were eventually able to return home but lots of police were still visible in Angus Court.”

Victoria Grange is a development of new homes constructed by Taylor Wimpey.

It is unclear whether the item was discovered as part of work on the houses.

Police at the scene.