Man arrested over Durham bomb hoax (From Durham Times)

Man arrested over Durham bomb hoax

11:19am Tuesday 9th February 2010

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POLICE investigating a bomb hoax have made an arrest.

Durham Police arrested a man late yesterday afternoon, after a suspicious bag was spotted outside the back of Cotswold Outdoor shop, in Silver Street, Durham.

At the time, several shops were evacuated and a 100m cordon imposed.

Police, firefighters and a bomb disposal squad were scrambled to the scene.

The bag contained a pop bottle made to look like a petrol bomb and had a fuse running from the outside.

After examining the device, explosives experts found it to be a hoax.

The man in custody was being questioned this morning.

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