A terminal building at Heathrow Airport has been evacuated as police deal with a security scare.
Passengers have been asked to wait outside Terminal 2 in designated areas while police have been seen at the scene say Wales Online.
Travellers reported sniffer dogs have also arrived at the scene, reports The Mirror.
One Twitter user said: "Some kind of security alert at Heathrow Terminal 2- not sure at this point what’s happening but passengers moved outside."
Another wrote: "Search operations underway @HeathrowAirport terminal 2 due to security alert all passengers and staff evacuated sniffer dogs in duty as well."
A third wrote: "Some kind of security alert at Heathrow Terminal 2- not sure at this point what’s happening but passengers moved outside."
Heathrow Airport said in a statement: "Our teams are working with the Police in response to a potentially suspicious item identified at Terminal 2.
"As a precaution, passengers have been temporarily moved away from the area. We apologise to any passengers inconvenienced while the matter is investigated".
Staff were reportedly allowed back in at 1.45pm.
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