PART of the Bluewater shopping complex at Greenhithe, near Dartford, was evacuated today following a bomb scare.

Kent Police were called to the shopping centre at around 2pm after a suspect package was reported to staff by a member of the public.

The upper and lower levels of Thames Walk between Marks & Spencer and Boots were cleared and Army bomb disposal experts were called.

A Kent Police spokesman said later: “A controlled explosion was carried out on the package which was found to be harmless.”

KENT police say part of the Bluewater shopping complex at Greenhithe, near Dartford, has been evacuated after a suspect package was found.

Police officers discovered the package in the Thames Walk area of the shopping centre.

A police spokesman said the upper and lower levels were sealed off between Marks & Spencer and Boots, and that bomb disposal teams had been called in.

Managers at the centre were due to issue a statement.