Residents cleared from their homes for two hours after police search home in Hollymoor Way
Police sealed off a Birmingham road and evacuated homes as ‘suspicious items’ were found in a raid today.
Residents living in the Hollymoor Way area of Northfield were cleared for around two hours as a bomb squad, firearms officers and police were spotted this afternoon, Saturday, May 9.
The Army’s EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team was scrambled to the street as a ‘precaution’ after the discoveries by West Midlands Police.
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The road reopened shortly after 3pm and police later confirmed the items found were “declared safe by the EOD.”
Police said the raid on a home in Hollymoor Way was part of an ‘ongoing investigation’.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police told BirminghamLive: “As part of an ongoing investigation, officers have today been carrying out a search at an address on Hollymoor Way.
“This afternoon, a number of suspicious items were found at the address.
“As a result, the Army’s EOD team have been called as a precaution. Officers remain at the scene this afternoon.
“As a precaution several homes have been evacuated while searches take place.”
Several marked police cars, along with a bomb disposal unit, were seen both inside and outside the police cordon this afternoon.
A local told BirminghamLive: “We were just told to evacuate. We’ve been out of our homes for around two hours, but now we can go back in. It’s all a bit strange.”
Another resident said they thought a “white ball of some kind” had been found. It was unclear what that may refer to.
At the time of the incident, a resident living in nearby Birch Avenue told us: “Houses evacuated. All houses evacuated
“Bomb squad on the way. Army are on the way now. Armed police everywhere.”