A SUSPICIOUS package that resulted in the closure and evacuation of a Welsh Passport Office on Wednesday originated in Scotland, police believe.
The Passport Office in Newport was evacuated as a precaution after the premises received a suspicious package at around 8.30am.
Upon investigation, the package proved to be full of harmless white powder and the Passport Office was reopened at 11.30am.
Gwent Police has now handed over the investigation to Police Scotland as it is believed that the package was sent from a location in Scotland.
A Gwent Police spokeswoman said: "We have carried out initial enquiries into where the package has come from and this has now been passed to our colleagues in Police Scotland, due to where the sender is believed to originate."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We have been made aware of an incident in Newport with potential links to Scotland and are liaising with our colleagues at Gwent Police to establish the circumstances."
