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Oct 2023
Police and fire HQ evacuated after person hands in grenades
North Yorkshire's police and fire service headquarters was evacuated when a member of the public handed in a box of grenades yesterday.
The unnamed person is believed to have found the grenades while clearing their house, North Yorkshire Police said in a brief statement today.
When they were handed in to reception, staff were told to leave the Alverton Court building at Northallerton and bomb disposal experts called in.
The statement does not give further details on how the mix-up occurred other than to say they believed the grenades were handed in "in good faith".
Staff returned to their desks more than two hours later.
Between 400 and 500 staff from North Yorkshire Police transferred from the previous headquarters at Newby Wiske Hall to Alverton Court in 2017 in a £7 million move. The building was previously home to the Rural Payments Agency.
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Here is the police statement in full.
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