Birmingham residents were evacuated from their homes this afternoon as police and Army bomb disposal units recovered "a number of suspicious items" at a property.
Armed officers responded to Hollymoor Way in Northfield, with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit sent to the street at around 2pm.
West Midlands Police said: "As part of an ongoing investigation, officers have today been carrying out a search at an address on Hollymoor Way.
"This afternoon, a number of suspicious items were found at the address. As a result, the Army's EOD team have been called as a precaution. Officers remain at the scene this afternoon.
"As a precaution several homes have been evacuated while searches take place."
Police have cordoned off the area, with one resident telling Birmingham Live "all houses" had been evacuated in the street, and armed police were "everywhere".
Another resident told local media: “The bomb disposal van was here yesterday too, but we weren’t asked to evacuate.
"Today, police were searching again and this time we’ve been asked to leave our homes. The police haven’t told us what’s been found.”
Armed officers responded to Hollymoor Way
|SUPPLIED
Another said: “It’s worrying when you don’t know what’s going on, but hopefully everything is made safe and we can go home soon.”
Residents said they were evacuated from their homes for around two hours this afternoon as police shut the road.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
One said: "We were just told to evacuate. We’ve been out of our homes for around two hours, but now we can go back in. It’s all a bit strange.”
In a brief update, the force has now declared the cordon will soon be lifted after several hours of disruption.
A spokeswoman said: "The cordon is about to be lifted as items found have been declared safe by the EOD."