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Cambridge Analytica's headquarters were evacuated amid reports a suspicious package was allegedly sent to the offices.

The Met Police confirmed they were "assessing" a package, which one witness claimed had been sent to the headquarters of the data giant on New Oxford Street in west London.

Police did not confirm where it was found and said they shut down surrounding roads as part of their enquiries - but they lifted a cordon less than two hours later.

Phillip Smith, who claimed he works above the scandal-hit company, said he had been evacuated from the building out my building, adding: "(The) benefits of working above Cambridge Analytica."

He told Mirror Online seven police cars raced to the scene and that sniffer dogs had arrived as officers told him to get back.

(Image: @Philwfc/Twitter)

(Image: @Philwfc/Twitter)

He said: "It's all a bit frantic at the moment.

"The area is closed off and I've been pushed well away from the site.

"There are police and fire crew here and sniffer dogs on site."

A Met Police spokeswoman said in a statemen: "Police were called at 1.26pm on Thursday, March 22, to reports of a suspicious package at a building in New Oxford Street.

"Officers attended and the package was assessed. It was deemed not to be suspicious. No injuries were reported."

(Image: @Philwfc/Twitter)

A spokesman later confirmed the cordon had been lifted.

The incident comes just days after The Guardian exposed the company for scraping personal information of as many as 50 million accounts.

That data was then allegedly used by psychologists and political operatives to influence how people voted in the Brexit referendum and the US Presidential election.

Cambridge Analytica had previously bragged of their ability to help companies and campaigns "change audience behavior".

But the firm denies violating Facebook's terms of service.