Road in Wolverhampton suburb re-opens after closure due to 'suspicious bag on bus'

A road in Tettenhall Wood is now re-open after a suspicious bag found on a bus caused a cordon to be put in place.

Police rushed to School Road after reports of a bag being found on the Number 1 service which serves the area.

They cordoned off the road between Penk Rise and Long Lake Avenue at around 6.50pm last night (Thursday) to examine the bus and the area.

One resident said he was unable to access his property for half an hour and said he believed the bag had been found when the two drivers swopped shifts at the bus stop outside Penk Rise.

He said: “They normally swop drivers around there and people were saying the one who was starting his shift spotted the bag.”

West Midlands Police confirmed no homes had to be evacuated.

In a statement they said: “We were called to reports of a suspicious bag on a bus on School Road, Tettenhall Wood, at just before 6.50pm yesterday (Thursday).

“Officers attended and a cordon was put in place as a precaution. The bag was examined and was found to pose no risk to the public. The cordon was removed at 10.30pm.”