Blairgowerie residents given Christmas Eve bomb squad scare
Residents of a tiny Perthshire hamlet were given a major scare on Christmas Eve - when the bomb squad descended on their quiet street.
Residents of a tiny Perthshire hamlet were given a major scare on Christmas Eve - when the bomb squad descended on their quiet street.
Police raced to the tiny village of Carsie, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, late in the afternoon on Saturday.
They later raised concerns over an item found at the property that "required further investigation".
That led to a huge emergency turnout, including an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and an ambulance from the Scottish Ambulance Service National Risk and Resilience Department.
However, it was later found that the suspect item did not pose any threat.
Locals said they had "never seen so many emergency vehicles" on the streets of the rural settlement.
One local, writing on Twitter, said they believed police had found old World War II devices in a property there.
A spokesman for Police Scotland's Tayside Division said: "Police Scotland can confirm that while conducting inquiries at an address in the Carsie area of Blairgowrie on Saturday afternoon officers came across an item requiring further investigation.
"Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) attended along with the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, whereby it was found the item posed no threat.
"A cordon was put in place for a number of hours while the incident was dealt with but has since been removed.
"Officers investigating would like to thank the public for their co-operation while this incident was dealt with. There was no threat to the wider public at any point."