Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Friday, 22nd November 2024, at 23:00hrs
A police cordon was put in place with trains cancelled following the incident
Emergency services received reports of suspicious activity on board two buses that caused major disruption in Chester City Centre on Friday afternoon.
As commuters made their way home from work on a busy Friday afternoon, disruption hit with a sense of panic amongst the public as emergency services descended on the area. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit also attended the incident.
A large cordon was put in place around Chester train station and the bus interchange with public transport cancelled whilst the reports were investigated.
The exact nature of the reports that sparked such a response has not been given.
Police later confirmed that nothing untoward happened and the cordon was lifted.
In a statement released today, Cheshire Police said:
“At 5.09pm today Friday 22nd November
2024 police received a report of suspicious
activity on two busses in Chester City
Centre one near the train station
and one near the bus interchange.
As a precaution a cordon was put in place
and a number of roads were closed while
they investigated the report. EOD
attended with other emergency
services to assist.
All was in order and the cordon was
released and roads reopened the police
understand that this caused some
disruption and concern but we are now
happy there is nothing untoward.
Thank you for your patience while
we dealt with this incident.”
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