HOMES have been evacuated and a bomb squad called after cops find "explosives".
Two men and a woman have been arrested after a bomb squad swooped on a house where "explosives" were found in leafy Sutton Coldfield, West Mids at 9am Tuesday.
Nearby homes were evacuated and surrounding roads cordoned off while the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team examined the device.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "We're currently at Poplar Avenue in Sutton Coldfield after the discovery of suspicious items at a property.
"Officers carried out a warrant just before 9am and found the items during a search of the house.
"As a precaution, we have evacuated a number of people from neighbouring properties while the items are examined by the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team.
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"Two men and a woman have been arrested while enquiries continue."
One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said police smashed their way into the address Tuesday morning before evacuating dozens of residents.
He said: "We were told there explosives found inside and all the houses in the immediate area were evacuated by police to a nearby pub.
"There was police everywhere. I'm not sure what they found in there but there were bomb squad robots and everything checking it out.
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"It looked pretty serious but hopefully its all just precautionary. They were saying everybody had to get out for their own safety. It was pretty scary."
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