Highbridge Recycling Centre re-opens after five hour closure for 'explosive device' investigation

Highbridge Recycling Centre re-opens after five hour closure for 'explosive device' investigation

Highbridge Recycling Centre was closed for five hours on Saturday (August 22nd) after staff discovered a suspected ‘wartime explosive device’ inside one of the recycling areas, prompting a full emergency response. The centre on the Isleport Business Park was evacuated at aroud 10.20am and Police sealed off access to the site as a precaution, as pictured here, while an army bomb disposal team was called in to assess the object. A Police spokesper…