A HOSPITAL was placed on lockdown after staff unearthed a small package containing a ‘suspicious substance’.
Cops swooped in to identify the item at Leeds General Infirmary after being alerted to the package today at around 11.02am.
MEN MediaEmergency crews rushed to Leeds General Infirmary after hospital staff found a small package containing a ‘suspicious substance’[/caption]
MEN MediaWest Yorkshire Police have sent in specialist officers to identify the substance[/caption]
Fire engines were also spotted at the hospital.
The package has been contained on site and West Yorkshire Police believe there is no wider risk to the public.
A spokesperson for the force said: “At 11.02am today [Wednesday], police received a report of a small package containing a suspicious substance which had been opened by staff at Leeds General Infirmary.
“Specialist officers have been deployed to the location to identify the substance, which has been contained on site.
“There is not believed to be any wider risk at present.”
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