Bomb disposal squad remove ‘suspicious object’ at Gypsy Brae

The Bomb Disposal Squad removed a ‘device’ from an area of land at Gypsy Brae in Granton early this morning and took it under police escort to a quarry in Kirknewton to be safely destroyed.

Police had kept watch there all night and had excavated an area of land, apparently intending  to deal with the ‘device’ on site, but eventually it was deemed safer to take it elsewhere for disposal.

Local man Danny Hardwick who supplied the photos to us said:-“We arrived just after 6:00am this morning and the Bomb Disposal squad were just leaving. The bomb squad hadn’t been there long though, only since about 5:30.  The Bomb squad told me that something had been found and they hadn’t done an explosion there but were taking it away. They were given a police escort.

“There is an area where they have been digging. It’s a very small bit, and is literally a few feet away from where police were sitting overnight.”