Additional reporting by Brad Harper
Homes have been evacuated as the bomb squad has been called to a residential street following the discovery of a “suspicious package”.
North View in Hersden near Canterbury has been cordoned off by police.
Officers descended on the village this afternoon and a witness described seeing the bomb disposal team arrive at the scene.
Pictures show an Army explosive expert with a specialist bomb disposal robot in the back of a vehicle.
The road is closed and residents have had to leave their homes.
One resident, John Datlen, aged 75, said: “I’ve just come home from work so I don’t know much.
“We are told that until another bomb disposal team from elsewhere in the country arrives that we cannot re-enter our properties. We’ve been told it could be all night.
“It is not a nice situation to be in but safety has to come first.”
Another man Steven Rollinson, 57, said: “It all started a few hours ago. I don’t really know any real details, other than that there is some sort of explosive device allegedly out there.”
One resident says police told him two suspected Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) had been found underneath cars.
A police spokesman said: “Kent Police was called to North View in Hersden at 2.05pm on Monday, April 7, following a report of a suspicious package at an address.
“The EOD [Explosive Ordnance Disposal] are in attendance and a cordon has been set up as a precaution while enquiries are currently ongoing.
“A man has been arrested and taken into custody.”
At around 6.30pm some residents were being escorted to their homes within the cordon zone to collect some of their belongings.
