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Tube device arrest: Police link suspicious device find in Devon Tube alert: Devon suspicious device 'not viable'
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Counter-terrorism officers investigating an incident at a London Tube station have found a suspicious device at a house in Devon. Counter-terror police investigating the discovery of a suspicious item on a London Tube train say another device found in Devon was "not viable".
Residents have been evacuated after the device was discovered in Tudor Road, Newton Abbot. Homes were evacuated and a 200m cordon set up after the device was found at a house in Newton Abbot, earlier. The cordon has since been removed.
A 200m cordon is in place and paramedics are on standby at the scene. The first device was blown up in a controlled explosion at North Greenwich station on Thursday.
On Friday, a 19-year-old man was arrested after a suspicious device was blown up in a controlled explosion at North Greenwich station. A 19-year-old man was later arrested in London in connection with the incident.
A police statement said officers from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command searched the address in Tudor Road and "found an item they deemed suspicious". The Newton Abbot device was found by officers from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command, as they searched the house in Tudor Road on Saturday afternoon.
"Devon and Cornwall Police in conjunction with the Met Police remain at the scene and dealing with the item in question," it said. During the evacuation, three pitches at Baker's Park in the town were cleared.
A reception centre has been set up by Devon and Cornwall Police for those affected by the evacuation. Phil Smith, 62, who was refereeing a football match, said: "We were eight minutes into the match when suddenly a policeman appeared on the touchline and said, 'Sorry, you are going to have to stop playing and get out of the park - we want to land some helicopters on the football pitch.'
A staff member at the Jolly Abbot pub, on East Street in the town, said workers and customers "can't go anywhere" while the police cordon is in place. "He said there was an incident but couldn't say anything about it. He proceeded to hustle us all off and then he went to the children's play park and hustled all them out and was trying to get the car park clear."
The employee, who did not want to be identified, said: "If you leave the cordon you can't come back." 'Wires and clock'
The man arrested in Holloway Road, north London, on Friday remains in custody, the Met Police said. After the device was declared non-viable, Devon and Cornwall Police said further forensic searches would continue at the house in Tudor Road and a police scene guard would remain in place.
The device destroyed at North Greenwich on Thursday was reported to have been found on an eastbound Jubilee Line train and handed to the Tube driver.
The driver treated it as a suspicious and said it contained "wires and possibly a clock".
The station was evacuated and members of the Met's bomb squad carried out the explosion, after the item was described as looking "real enough".
A 19-year-old man remains in police custody after being arrested in Holloway Road, north London, on Friday. A Taser was used during his arrest.
The Met said officers were keeping an open mind regarding any possible motive but said they were not looking for anyone else in relation to their investigation at this stage.
Security has been stepped up around the transport network in the wake of Thursday's events.
The current threat level for international terrorism in the UK is severe - meaning an attack is deemed to be "highly likely".