A suspicious package addressed to Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby was a box intended to look like a bomb, the Mercury understands.
A security alert was sparked on Tuesday morning after the package was sent to Leicester City Council's post room in King Street.
Staff raised the alarm after scanning the package and seeing "wires and diodes".
Pilot House, where the post room is located, was evacuated, army bomb disposal officers were called and a 100 yard stretch of King Street was...
