Fifty houses evacuated and two arrested in explosives raid Officers found items "requiring further investigation" in a garage in Buttermere Close, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. An explosive ordnance disposal team was called to assess the scene and a 100-metre cordon set up around Buttermere Close. The raid was not counter-terrorism related, it is understood. A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said: "A 52-year-old man from Cheltenham was arrested under the Explosives Substances Act 1883 in the Hester's Way area of the town. A 24-year-old man has also been arrested under the Explosives Substances Act. Residents from around 40-50 houses are being evacuated to a local community centre as a precaution. Gloucestershire Police confirmed the operation was unrelated to a gas explosion last night, which destroyed the home of an elderly woman in Rosehill Street, Cheltenham.