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| Bomb team find explosive powder | Bomb team find explosive powder |
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| Explosives experts found "several" suspicious devices and home-made explosive powder in a search of a house at a Hampshire village. | Explosives experts found "several" suspicious devices and home-made explosive powder in a search of a house at a Hampshire village. |
| People living in four streets in the village of Baughurst were forced to leave their homes as a precaution. | People living in four streets in the village of Baughurst were forced to leave their homes as a precaution. |
| A 100m cordon was put in place around the house in Wellington Crescent following the arrest of a man. | A 100m cordon was put in place around the house in Wellington Crescent following the arrest of a man. |
| The affected residents stayed at Hurst Community College but were allowed home just after 0100 GMT on Sunday. | The affected residents stayed at Hurst Community College but were allowed home just after 0100 GMT on Sunday. |
| Man arrested | Man arrested |
| The police action followed the arrest of a man, said to be aged in his twenties, on suspicion of causing criminal damage. | |
| A spokesman for Hampshire Police said: "There is no intelligence that this arrest is connected to terrorism, nor is it connected to any others such as animal rights type groups." | |
| Two army bomb disposal teams, 25 police officers, three fire engines and two ambulances were on standby at the village, north of Basingstoke. | Two army bomb disposal teams, 25 police officers, three fire engines and two ambulances were on standby at the village, north of Basingstoke. |
| They went in, looked through the house, found some white powder, some small, what looked amateurish, explosive devices Ch Supt Paul Netherton | |
| Ch Supt Paul Netherton, from Hampshire Police said: "When we consulted the Army, they said we ought to start evacuating, so we evacuated about four or five streets around the area, moved people out of the houses into a local school. | |
| "They - the military - then went in, looked through the house, found some white powder, some small, what looked amateurish, explosive devices. | |
| "They made them safe. Once the area was safe, people could go back into their houses again." | |
| Locals Ken and Margaret Grinstead had to leave their home and spent three hours at the school with about fifty other people. | |
| Mr Grinstead said there was camaraderie amongst the evacuees. | |
| "There was quite a lot of humorous comment, laughing over this and that. | |
| "I mean, no one was really upset, I think." |