Moorgate: Police place City area on lockdown after 'suspicious package' found

A cordon has been erected around Wilson Street in central London
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Tom Powell20 September 2017
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Police have swooped on a street in Moorgate following reports of a suspicious package.

Cordons were erected around Wilson Street and people were advised to avoid the area.

Pictures from the scene showed police vehicles and scores of officers swarming the streets after the package was first reported just before 10am.

A City of London Police spokesperson later said the package was deemed to be non-suspicious following an investigation.

They said: “We can confirm an incident involving a item found in Wilson Street (EC2) has now been resolved.

“We first received reports of a suspicious package at 9.52am on Wednesday.

"Following an investigation, the item was subsequently deemed non-suspicious at 10.35am."

Cordons had been put in place at the junctions of Moorgate and South Place, Eldon Street and Blomfield Street, and Wilson Street and South Street. They were all lifted soon after the package was found to be safe.

Many office workers in the area took to social media to share pictures and videos from the scene as it unfolded.

The operation comes as Britain remains on high alert following the attempted bomb attack on a Tube train at Parsons Green last week.

The national terror threat level was raised to 'critical' after the explosion, which injured 30 people, but has since been lowered to 'severe'.

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