Edinburgh road closure as police deal with a ‘potential item of ordnance’

Edinburgh Evening News

Evening News reporter Jamie Saunderson reports from Comely Bank Road, which was closed by police on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 2, as they deal with a a ‘potential item of ordnance’. The road was re-opened at around 5.30pm, two and a half hours after it was closed.

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00:00So I'm here just now on Comerley Bank Road which was closed for a couple of hours this afternoon

00:05due to the discovery of an item of historic ordnance.

00:08Now the report was made just about 3.15pm and the road was closed.

00:12As you can see it's now back open. It's a busy street and there's plenty of traffic moving through.

00:16There was an order in place from police for members of the public to avoid the area and that has now been lifted.

00:22Now a local resident here told the Evening News that they understood the discovery was made

00:27in the garden of a home which is currently being renovated.

00:30But that order has now been lifted and police say that the exposure itself has been taken to be disposed of safely.

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