Chelmsford bus bomb alert sparked by packed lunch Published duration 9 December 2015

image copyright Essex Police image caption The packed lunch contained a soft sub roll, slices of fruit loaf and a chocolate mini roll

A packed lunch containing crab paste sandwiches, malt loaf and a mini roll sparked a bomb alert on a bus.

Police officers were contacted at 08:10 GMT about a suspicious package on a bus in Watchouse Road, Chelmsford, Essex.

PC Alan Conran tweeted saying he was one of those who responded to the call, only to find the rucksack in question contained a packed lunch.

The box had contained a soft roll filled with crab paste and a ready-sliced malt loaf.