Roads set to reopen after bomb squad called to Crawley
The town centre was evacuated and a 100m cordon was put in place after a suspicious item was discovered in a bin in Memorial Gardens.
Crawley town centre evacuated after suspicious item foundPolice closed off College Road and Southgate Avenue at about 6.20pm and bomb disposal experts were called.
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'Explosion' as bomb squad called to Crawley town centreSuperintendent James Collis said: "We are reducing the cordon and will open the roads again as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone affected this evening for their patience while we investigated and made sure the area was safe."