BOMB squad officers today carried out a controlled explosion after a suspicious package was found at an Ipswich house.Police immediately sealed off the area and the busy Foxhall Road was closed to traffic while people were evacuated from their homes and workplaces near the Golf Hotel.

BOMB squad officers today carried out a controlled explosion after a suspicious package was found at an Ipswich house.

Police immediately sealed off the area and the busy Foxhall Road was closed to traffic while people were evacuated from their homes and workplaces near the Golf Hotel.

The alert was made by people in the house at 8.30am, after a package which is believed to have been delivered by post, was left outside.

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