Army bomb disposal removed “suspicious white powder” from a house linked to a probe into the discovery of human remains. Merseyside Police closed Douglas Road in Anfield at around 2.30pm today, Sunday, after officers carrying out a forensic search at a house found a quantity of white powder.
Police forensic teams have remained at the house in question for over three weeks as part of a wider investigation after human remains were found at a flat in Gerards Court, St Helens, on January 8. The army’s explosive ordnance disposal team (EOD) attended the scene and removed the powder. The powder was taken to open land for a controlled explosion to be carried out.
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Source: Liverpool Echo News
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