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Portsmouth roads shut over suspicious package

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The package was found in Kingston Crescent in Portsmouth

Two main roads in a city have been closed by police for more than an hour following the discovery of a suspicious package.

Bomb disposal units were called to Kingston Crescent in Portsmouth, Hampshire, shortly after 11:00 GMT.

Kingston Road was also shut between Chichester Road and Powerscourt Road.

The package was later found to contain batteries and posed no threat, police said. A security cordon was lifted at 13:00.

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