Bomb experts were called to a ticking package - only to find it was an antique clock.
The package was found outside staff offices at Harwich International Port on Tuesday morning. It had been left for a member of crew outside the Freight Services Building.
But the alarm was raised at about 8am because of concerns it might have been a bomb.
The area was sealed off and Army bomb disposal experts were called in from Colchester Garrison. The building was evacuated.
Investigators discovered the package was a clock and no detonation was carried out.
Business was back to normal by 9.15am.
Published Thursday September 30, 2004
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