West End Extra - by TOM FOOT Published: 5 October 2007
The smell of fear grips Soho streets
A TOXIC smell sparked a counter-terror investigation in Soho on Tuesday. Police sealed off parts of Chinatown fearing a biological attack only to find that a pot of burning chillies caused the stink. Terror cops kicked down the door of the Thai Cottage in D’Arblay Street and firefighters were called.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “The street was closed off for three hours while we were trying to discover the source of the odour.”