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Met Police find suspicious device in house in Devon | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A 200m cordon is in place after the Metropolitan Police found a suspicious device at a house in Devon. | |
Residents have been evacuated after the device was discovered at a property in Tudor Road, Newton Abbot at about 14:45 BST. | |
A local reception centre has been set up by Devon and Cornwall Police for those affected by the evacuation. | |
Paramedics are at the scene on standby but there are no casualties, South Western Ambulance Service said. | |
A police statement said officers from the Metropolitan Police attended an address in Tudor Road and "found an item they deemed suspicious". | |
"Devon and Cornwall Police in conjunction with the Met Police remain at the scene and dealing with the item in question." | |
The A381 East Street is closed due to the police incident and is causing significant traffic delays. | The A381 East Street is closed due to the police incident and is causing significant traffic delays. |
A staff member at the Jolly Abbot pub, on East Street, said workers and customers "can't go anywhere" while the police cordon is in place. | |
The employee, who did not want to be identified, said: "If you leave the cordon you can't come back." | |