{"id":45422,"date":"2025-07-29T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/45422\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:04:08","slug":"trumps-scotland-visit-locked-down-for-bomb-squad-in-security-fears-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/45422\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Scotland visit locked down for bomb squad in security fears | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s new golf course in Scotland<\/a> was plunged into lockdown following a security scare. It came after reports of a suspicious package at the site, but police later said they were checking a vehicle.<\/p>\n

A cordon was set up and with police vans blocking road past Trump International Golf Links just after 3pm, as per The Sun<\/a>. Local residents in houses nearby the course were evacuated, Herald Scotland<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Staff, journalists, and members of the public were reportedly evacuated from the entrance.<\/p>\n

The President is believed to have remained in MacLeod House on the estate while the checks were carried out.<\/p>\n

Photos showed a bomb squad in attendance, The Sun reported, though police later clarified that no criminality was found.<\/p>\n

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Shortly after 3pm, a security cordon was put in place at an entrance to the Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire, as officers carried out precautionary checks on a vehicle.<\/p>\n

“This search has been completed, there was no criminality and the cordon has been removed.”<\/p>\n

The apparent false alarm came on the final day of the US president’s four-day prviate visit to Scotland.<\/p>\n

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