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Suspicious device found in house in Newton Abbot | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A 200m cordon is in place after a suspicious device was found in a house in Devon, police confirmed. | |
Officers are on the scene and residents have been evacuated after the device was found at a property in Tudor Road, Newton Abbot. | |
Devon and Cornwall Police tweeted at 14:45 BST and said "more information" would follow. | |
The A381 East Street is closed due to the police incident and is causing significant traffic delays. | |
Paramedics are at the scene on standby, South Western Ambulance Service said. | |
A staff member at the Jolly Abbot pub, on East Street, said staff and customers "can't go anywhere" while the police cordon is in place. | |
The staff member, who did not want to be identified, said: "If you leave the cordon you can't come back." |