Hotel near G7 site evacuated over hoax suspicious package

Historic Falmouth Hotel, Falmouth, Cornwall, England
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A hotel near the site of the G7 summit in Cornwall was evacuated following reports of a “suspicious package”.

Devon & Cornwall police said officers were called to the Falmouth Hotel at about 3.15am on Thursday following reports of a suspicious package in the hotel’s grounds.

Falmouth is being used as the main base for the world’s media who will be covering the G7 summit.

It is around a 40-minute drive from the Carbis Bay Hotel, where leaders from the world’s most powerful democracies will gather for the G7 summit from Friday.

The force said in a statement: “In order to maintain public safety, the area is currently being safely evacuated as a precautionary measure.

“This will impact on those staying within the Falmouth Hotel, Madeira Hotel and campervans in the area, as well as neighbouring properties.

“A 100-metre cordon will be put in place and Royal Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal are en-route to the scene.”

Police later declared the area safe and that they believed the situation to be “hoax incident”.

In an update at 6.30am, the force said: “Following EOD assessment, the device has been declared not viable and therefore safe.

“In total around 100 people were displaced; these people are now being allowed back into their rooms and the 100 meter cordon is being removed.

“A smaller scene guard will remain in place until the item is collected and removed by scenes of crime.

“We currently believe that this was a hoax incident and a criminal investigation has been launched.

“We thank the public and those who were evacuated for their assistance.”

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