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Residents evacuated after 'suspicious device' found and destroyed
Cynon Valley Leader
|June 05, 2025
RESIDENTS were evacuated as a bomb disposal unit was called in to deal with a "suspicious device" found in a garden.
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Specialist personnel from the Army's explosive ordnance disposal unit attended the scene near Rhys Road in Blackwood.
Gwent Police also attended at around 11.50am on Sunday, June 1.
This story is from the June 05, 2025 edition of Cynon Valley Leader.
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