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Scarborough town centre cordoned off as 'suspicious package' found | Scarborough town centre cordoned off as 'suspicious package' found |
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An abandoned pram prompted a security alert in Scarborough town centre. | |
The pram, with wires coming from it, was found at the rear of Miss Selfridge in Westborough shortly before 09:00 BST, North Yorkshire Police said. | |
An Army bomb disposal team was called in by police and carried out controlled explosions. | |
A 100m cordon was put in place and shoppers and workers were evacuated from the area. Police lifted the cordon at around 13:30. | |
North Yorkshire Police said the evacuation had been a "precaution" but they were confident the item had not been an explosive device. | |
Acting Supt Mark Grange said: "The store had found a pram at the back of their premises which had wires visible and some sort of package attached to it. | |
"We treated it as you would do with a suspicious item and put in a cordon whilst we waited for the army bomb disposal unit." | |
He said the overriding concern was public protection and officers had not overreacted. | |
"When you are dealing with crowded places we have to consider what the consequences would have been if it had been an explosive device." |