Arrest after bomb hoax at Lincoln Jobcentre

A police search for a bomb in Lincoln has ended after the scare was dismissed as a hoax.

The alarm was raised when a man walked into the Orchard Street Jobcentre Plus and told staff he had put a bomb outside.

Officers were alerted at 2.45pm and searched the street, which was cordoned off at both ends.

The road has now been reopened.

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Steven James Miller, 49, of Carrington Drive, Lincoln, was arrested in connection with the incident.

He has been charged with making a hoax bomb threat and has been released on bail.

He is to appear at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, October 23.