Bomb squad is called in

The bomb squad was called into Strathmore Avenue, Luton on Thursday evening when a man found a suspicious package underneath his car.

He originally took it into his shed but then thought better of it and called the police.

Heightened security precautions swung into action and the bomb squad arrived and used a robot to check the device out.

Around 25 families were evacuated from their homes for four hours during the operation. The package turned out to be harmless.                                                                                4 February 2007