Spain probe as UK expat sparks shopping centre evacuation by leaving suitcase in toilet
A BRIT is facing a police probe after sparking the evacuation of a Spanish shopping centre by leaving a suitcase in its toilets.
A shopping centre in Gran Canaria was evacuated after a Brit left a suitcase in its toilets
The 43-year-old expat has been warned he could face a public order charge over the scare at the Atlantico Shopping Centre in Gran Canaria on Sunday.
Police ordered more than 2,000 people to leave the centre just after 6.30pm after security guards were tipped off about the suspicious package.
Bomb disposal experts confirmed it was a false alarm after discovering it contained food and not explosives.
The shopping centre, a 15-minute drive from the popular tourist resorts of Maspalomas and Playa del Ingles, was reopened around 8pm.
London Eye reopens following bomb scare evacuation
Detectives said on Monday they had tracked down the owner of the suitcase, and identified him as a 43-year-old expat Brit who they did not name.
The reason he left the case in a first-floor toilet has not been revealed.