NO RISK! AFTER REPORTS OF SUSPECT PACKAGES FOUND ON BUSES AT PICCADILLY AND SALFORD QUAYS TURN OUT TO BE FALSE ALARMS

Police responded to double incidents at both Manchester Piccadilly and Salford Quays earlier today after two suspicious packages were reported being found on two separate buses.

At around 1.15pm today (Saturday 5 September 2020), police were called to reports that a suspicious item had been found on a bus at Manchester Piccadilly bus station, not long after at around 2:25 police were called with a report of another incident of a similar nature at Salford Quays.

Police acted swiftly to evacuate and secure both scenes but after checks were made, both packages were deemed to be safe and there was no risk to the public.

Roads around both areas were temporarily closed but have now reopened. 

During the incidents the police force deployed is aerial assets to monitor from above.

The speed of the response shows clearly that Greater Manchester Police has an extremely well rehearsed and co-ordinated action plan in place following the attack on Manchester Arena.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting incident number 1452 of 05/09/2020, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.