Fake Bomb Alert in London
2:11 pm, Thursday 10th June 2010
Police in riot gear were sent to raid a central London gallery after it put a fake bomb in the window.
Alison Southward, manager of Mauger Modern Art, in Rochester Row, Westminster, said she arrived at work to find officers in riot gear outside.
A police spokesman said it had received reports of a "suspicious" device.
The gallery said the "comedy bomb" was strapped to a step ladder and featured "Western-style bunches of dynamite" and an alarm.
Ms Southward said: "I arrived to open up the gallery, and a riot van and two squad carriers were outside.
'Sent to prison'
"The officers told me they were just about to break the door down.
"They told me having something that looks like a bomb is a criminal offence and I could be sent to prison."
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