A 40-year-old man has been arrested after a suspicious package was found in Edinburgh last night.
Bomb disposal units were deployed to the scene in Niddrie as nearby homes were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
It was confirmed by specialist engineers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal to not be a viable device and so posed no threat to the public.
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