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Police have a large cordon in place in Braunstone tonight. Homes have been evacuated.Cort Crescent and Bendbow Rise and surrounding streets currently have a 100 meter cordon.Around 8:20pm the Army EOD bomb disposal arrived.A Leicestershire police spokesperson said: Police were called at 6.55pm today (Friday) 3rd June to Cort Crescent, Leicester, following a report of an item believed to be a grenade being found in the ground in a garden at a property.Officers attended and in the interests of public safety, road closures were placed in the area and a number of neighbouring properties were evacuated.The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team attended the scene and established the item was not live.The road closures have since been lifted and residents have been allowed to return to their properties.#LeicsPolice #Braunstone #Co rtCrescent # LMNews