A SUSPICIOUS device that closed a Glasgow recycling plant for several hours today was found to be a replica grenade.
As we exclusively told earlier, police were called to the Viridor recycling plant at Polmadie after the item was found on a conveyor belt.
Officers attended at the scene shortly after 11am and the centre was evacuated.
The British Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal arrived on the scene around 2pm.
Around 30 workers were outside the building, some sitting along the pavement and some decamped to a cafe across the street.
The front entrance of the plant was closed with customers being asked to go round to the back of the building.
A woman working nearby, who asked not to be named, said: "Nothing like this has happened before, this is the first time.
"It is quite exciting but I am not very phased, we just carry on."
Around 2.30pm workers were seen to be returning to the building.
A spokesperson for Viridor said: "We are aware of the incident at our Glasgow facility at Polmadie this morning where a suspected explosive device was reported which we can now confirm has now been resolved.
"All colleagues are safe, and the site will resume normal operation as soon as possible."
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed the incident had been stood down after the device was safety removed from the site.
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