ARMY bomb squad officers were called to Bulwell yesterday after reports of a suspicious package.
The package was discovered at the Job Centre, in High Street, Bulwell, at about 11.50am yesterday.
Around 80 staff and 200 customers were evacuated from the centre as a precaution and police set up a cordon from Cinderhill Road to Main Road.
The Army bomb squad was also called in.
Lynne Roome, customer services operations manager at the Job Centre, said: "At about 11am one of our staff opened our post box and found a suspicious package.
"It was a box that looked like something we would never normally get.
"We contacted the police immediately and moved customers and staff to a safe place.
"We are reassuring our customers that if they were due to sign on yesterday we will automatically post them their benefits."
Buses in the area were delayed and some diverted.
Janet Smalley, who works at Bradrail Blinds, in Main Street, said: "Suddenly the police arrived and I saw them cordoning the road off.
"The police said they were waiting for the Army to come down.
"It's frightening because you just don't know what's happening and we're quite close to it."
Shaun Brown, of Cross Street, Arnold, said he stumbled on the drama while out doing some shopping.
Mr Brown, 52, said: "I've never seen anything like it here before. I'm not particularly worried, but you never know though. It could be anything."
The cordon was lifted at about 2pm.
A police spokesman confirmed the Army bomb squad had been called in, but said that, after investigations, the package contained no explosives or harmful substances.
