'Malicious communications' probe after hoax package prompts police to evacuate station
A malicious communications probe has been launched after Kidderminster Police Station was evacuated due to a suspicious package brought in by a member of the public.
Bomb disposal experts were called out and officers evacuated from the premises off Habberley Road at about lunchtime on Saturday after a concerned member of the public brought in a suspected explosive.
West Mercia Police sent for the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit to check the item.
The site was re-opened at about 4pm.
In a Twitter post the force said: "Kidderminster Police Station is now back open. It had been evacuated after a man brought in a suspicious package he received at home.
"Thankfully it turned out there was nothing dangerous inside, however a malicious communications investigation has been launched."
