A package delivered to Asda’s HQ building which prompted a full evacuation and which went on to be destroyed in a controlled explosion was later deemed “non-suspicious and non-viable”, police have confirmed.
The item was discovered at Asda House on Great Wilson Street in Leeds at about 11:15 GMT on Monday, with an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team then called and the surrounding roads closed.
While the area was evacuated “as a precaution”, there was no threat to the public, no one was harmed and the investigation had been closed, West Yorkshire Police later said.
A spokesperson for Asda said the building was “open as usual today” and thanked emergency services for their response.
Video footage from the scene on Monday showed a bomb disposal device being wheeled out of the back of an Army truck towards the premises.
