SEARCH: The area where police are believed to be searching a garden. Picture: Google Maps
POLICE are carrying out a search of a garden in the west end of Newcastle.
"On February 6 officers received information that two potentially harmful items may be buried in the garden of an address in Hamilton Place," said a Northumbria Police spokesman.
"Officers from the EOD are in the area currently searching the garden of the property.
"The safety of the public is our priority and so as a precaution police have cordoned off the garden while the search is safely carried out.
"The occupant of the address has been temporarily moved, however no other residents in the area are affected at this point."
Police are in the area and will keep residents updated.
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