Package which forced evacuation of Dundee call centre deemed not suspicious

Bomb disposal experts were called out to the Tesco building on Baird Avenue

Tesco call centre
Author: Callum ClarkPublished 21st Dec 2020
Last updated 21st Dec 2020

A package which forced the evacuation of a Dundee call centre has been removed by bomb disposal experts.

Officers were called out to the Tesco site on Baird Avenue this morning.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were made aware around 10.10am on Monday, 21 December of a potentially suspicious package received at premises on Baird Avenue in Dundee.

"A cordon was put in place as a precaution.

"Explosive Ordnance Disposal attended and the contents of the package were found to be non-suspicious. The cordon has since been removed."

Bomb disposal experts left the site around 1.30pm, with employees seen heading into the building shortly after.

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