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# False alarm confirmed after 'bomb shaped object' found in Plymouth
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/bomb-discovery-forces-evacuations-in-plymouth-live-updates/
- Published: 2026-06-08T16:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-09T14:15:38.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: Plymstock, Royal Navy, Devon and Cornwall Police, News, #editors-picks

A false alarm has been confirmed after a "bomb shaped object" was found during construction works.

Police implemented a 100 metre cordon as a “precaution” after the discovery on Colesdown Hill today (8 June). 

[Royal Navy](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/royal-navy/) Explosive Ordnance Disposal attended the scene and determined that the device was not a bomb.

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