Grenade scare in city centre garden

Published on 22/06/2012 03:36

THE discovery of a grenade in a city centre garden sparked a bomb scare last night.

Members of the Royal Logistics Corp bomb disposal squad attended the scene in Edinburgh’s Melville Street as rush hour began.

A large part of the street was cordoned off as bomb disposal experts examined the grenade found by workmen digging in a garden.

At least eight addresses were cordoned off, including insurance companies and a nursery.

Two men in camouflage uniform and two police officers were seen entering a property which has scaffolding set up outside.

A police spokesman said: “At 4.30pm a grenade was uncovered during the excavation of a garden. Police secured the area and will release further details in due course.”