According to report from the Mirror, club-goers were forced to leave the establishment after someone called the authorities about a “suspicious item.” Shortly after the club was evacuated, owner Jeremy Joseph tweeted an update regarding the investigation. “Feel physically sick [Heaven Nightclub] evacuated for the 2nd time due to another bomb threat, please stay away from the area waiting for sniffer dogs to arrive,” he wrote.
Soon after the initial evacuation, the Metropolitan Police Department announced that the threat was a hoax. “At 9:14 pm on Friday, 23 July police received a report of a possible suspicious item at a nightclub Villers Street, WC2,” a spokesperson said. “Specialists officers attended and carried out a thorough search.