The army were called in and the whole area was evacuated 😳
A Leeds city centre dealership confirmed they received a package containing a grenade on Tuesday morning.
Crime scene investigation tape cordoned off Leylands Road, as well as the A61 Regent Street, which was closed in both directions for around three hours. Around 2.30pm, both police and Vintage Cash Cow confirmed the item was a grenade.In an updated statement WYP told Leeds Live: ""The grenade has been examined by Army bomb disposal experts and found to be inert. The cordon and road closures have been removed.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police confirmed: "Police were called by a business premises on Leylands Road, Leeds at around 11.37am today to a report they had been sent a suspicious item.
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