'Suspicious package' on Lincoln bus was shopping Published duration 9 October 2018

image caption A bomb disposal team dealt with the package, which turned out to be shopping

An Army bomb disposal team were called to "a suspicious package" that was found on a bus.

Scores of people were evacuated shortly after midday when a "box with wires" was found by a bus driver at Lincoln Central Bus Station.

Roads were closed and a 100 m (328 ft) cordon was in place until 16:00 BST.

Ch Insp Stewart Brinn said the package contained "shopping with some electronic equipment" that a shopper had left on the bus by mistake.

He said the bus driver took it to the security office, and as a result "an assessment was made to treat the package as a viable device".

Police later said it was not a hoax but a "genuine mistake" and the person who left the shopping had come forward to apologise.

The incident caused wide-spread disruption in the city, with road closures and cancellations on the rail network.

Ch Insp Brinn praised the bus driver for "taking the time to report it".

Speaking earlier, bus driver Roger Patterson said: "Somebody told me someone had found a box with wires on the Nettleham bus.

"That's what people were saying but obviously I haven't heard anything official."