VIDEO: Footage from suspicious package incident in Leighton Buzzard

The box was first discovered at around 8.10am outside Santander bank in Hockliffe Street – the scene of a dramatic ramraid on February 15.

The public was unable to get to their parked cars or to their place of work as a cordon cut off a large section of Leighton town centre.

As the crowd shivered in the cold, a loud explosion was heard at 10.37am as the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion on the suspicious parcel.

Police have now confirmed the package was never a threat and roads reopened at 11.08am.

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