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| 'Suspicious package' closes M62 | |
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| A stretch of the M62 in Merseyside has been partially re-opened, after being closed because of a "suspicious package" found on a coach. | |
| Police called the bomb squad and shut the road in both directions for four hours between junctions four at Rocket and six at Tarbock Island. | |
| The closure followed a disturbance on the National Express 380 service from Liverpool to Manchester. | |
| The eastbound lane where the evacuated coach is parked, remains closed. | |
| Security incident | |
| A police spokeswoman said: "We were called following a disturbance on a coach and the discovery of a suspicious package. | A police spokeswoman said: "We were called following a disturbance on a coach and the discovery of a suspicious package. |
| "A specialist police unit was drafted in and examinations carried out on the coach." | |
| A spokeswoman for National Express added: "There was a security incident and the police were called. | A spokeswoman for National Express added: "There was a security incident and the police were called. |
| "All the passengers were evacuated and the bomb squad were called." | "All the passengers were evacuated and the bomb squad were called." |