A number of homes were evacuated on Friday afternoon (July 7) after bomb disposal teams were called to a property in Fallowfield. A 67-year-old man who was arrested remains in custody for questioning.
Garswood Road, between Aston Avenue and Lloyd Street, was taped off around 1pm with residents surrounding the property in question asked to leave their homes. Police, fire, and ambulance crews were at the scene throughout the afternoon with a bomb disposal unit also carrying out investigations.
Police say this happened after 'a number of offensive weapons and a suspected grenade' were recovered from a property following a warrant on Thursday (July 6) morning. The 'offensive weapons' is understood to have included knives with the grenade being 'military memorabilia' which contained no explosives.
