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A ‘suspicious’ white powder was removed from a Liverpool house during a probe into human remains, prompting evacuations and a controlled explosion.
‘Suspicious white powder’ was removed from a house in Liverpool on Sunday (February 1), in connection with an ongoing investigation into the discovery of human remains.
Douglas Road in Anfield was closed at around 2.30pm, after Merseyside Police officers conducting a forensic examination inside a house located a quantity of white powder.
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A number of houses adjacent to the property were evacuated as a precaution while the substance was removed from the property. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended, removed the powder and it was taken to open land for a controlled explosion to be carried out.
Merseyside Police said the enquiries on Douglas Road are connected with an investigation into the discovery of human remains in a flat in Gerards Court, St Helens.
At around 11.30pm on January 8, Merseyside Police received a report of a concern for safety and following enquiries, officers located human remains inside a flat in Gerards Court.
George Gordon, 65, of Gerards Court, in St Helens, was arrested at the scene and later charged with preventing lawful and decent burial of a dead body and obstructing a coroner in the execution of his/her duty.
He appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court on January 12, and was remanded into custody until a scheduled plea hearing on February 9.
As part of the ongoing investigation, a 58-year-old man from St Helens was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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