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Bomb disposal experts and police were called after a suspicious object was found in a garden.
Residents reported seeing a number of officers, a bomb unit and a cordon around a block of flats in Allectus Way, Witham, yesterday afternoon.
According to Essex Police, they were called to the scene at around 2.50pm before calling in bomb disposal experts as a precaution.
The object was later found not be pose any danger and has since been removed.
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