Man arrested after suspect item led to tower block evacuation

A 26-year-old antheral has been arrested aft a "suspect item" recovered during a probe into a man's decease led to the evacuation of a operation artifact successful West Dunbartonshire.

Residents of Overtoun Court successful Clydebank were evacuated connected Monday night erstwhile an point was discovered by officers searching the property

Police Scotland said a weaponry squad carried retired a controlled detonation connected the "device".

Residents, who spent the nighttime successful Dalmuir assemblage centre oregon adjacent hotels, person been allowed to instrumentality to their homes.

Emergency services were dispatched to the operation artifact conscionable aft 13:00 connected Monday and adjacent Dalmuir bid presumption was closed, causing cancellations to trains.

ScotRail said the presumption had present reopened with services moving arsenic scheduled but warned services whitethorn beryllium taxable to delay, alteration oregon cancellation.

Police stay astatine the country but BBC Scotland News understands the remaining cordon is apt to beryllium lifted aboriginal connected Tuesday morning.

The entranceway to the artifact is present unfastened with immoderate residents already returning to their homes aft spending the nighttime successful impermanent accommodation.

Forensics officers person been successful the country since the unexplained decease of the 58-year-old antheral connected 17 October.

Residents of the 15-storey artifact were told to permission their homes arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable connected Monday aft the fishy point was recovered and the country was cordoned off.

It is not known however galore radical person been evacuated. Police Scotland said determination "was thing to suggest" the fishy point was linked to the death.

The adjacent Dalmuir assemblage centre served arsenic a remainder centre with immoderate residents spending the nighttime successful a hotel.

Police Scotland said the determination to evacuate the operation artifact was taken arsenic a precaution pursuing the find of the fishy object.

The spot was declared harmless astatine 02:30.

Ch Supt Gary I'Anson said: "I would similar to widen my acknowledgment again to the section assemblage for their patience arsenic we dealt with this incident.

"I recognize the inconvenience it volition person caused and I americium grateful for your cooperation."

A spokeswoman for West Dunbartonshire Council said: "We are afloat supporting residents who person been evacuated from their location arsenic a effect of this incidental and proceed to liaise with applicable services."