Cops nearly 'banged up' at station; BOMBS.Byline: TOM PETTIFOR RED-FACED police had to evacuate e·vac·u·ate v. 1. To empty or remove the contents of. 2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels. their station carpark when officers turned up with explosives. The PCs had collected the incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. devices which had been found by a firm clearing a house. But instead of calling the bomb squad, the officers put the old bullets and explosives in the boot of their marked car and drove back to base. When colleagues realised what had happened, the area was cleared and bomb experts were called in. They detonated the package in a playing field near the police station in Croydon, South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. . A police source said: "I dare say the officers are more than a little bit embarrassed." An unnamed officer added: "It's a good job someone asked and raised the alarm. The whole situation was so bad it was almost funny." CAPTION(S): EVACUATED Croydon station |
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