Suspicious package destroyed by British bases

A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION was carried out by the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) bomb squad yesterday as a suspicious bag was spotted in the middle of a road approximately 30m away from the Dhekelia roundabout.
The travel bag which was one-metre long and 50 centimetres wide, was discovered at 5:45am by an SBA patrol car which immediately called the SBA bomb squad unit to the scene to investigate.
The road which the travel bag was found has been closed for over two years due to dangerous landslides. After deliberation it was decided that the surrounding area needed to be closed down and with the help of the Cyprus police department all traffic was diverted away from the area.
The SBA bomb squad then decided that the best form of action was to carry out a controlled explosion on the bag. After detonating the bag it was proved that it contained nothing more than some papers and a notebook. The SBA police have sent the contents’ of the bag for further analysis in an attempt to find out how it got there and who it belonged to.
SBA Chief Inspector Andreas Pitsillides said that after the explosion, specialised sniffer dogs were deployed to search the surrounding area. After an extensive search no further suspicious materials were found and at around 10.20am the nearby area was deemed to be safe and the roads were opened for traffic.

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