A controlled explosion was carried out of ammunition which had been handed into police at Penrith today.
Bomb disposal experts were alerted and carried out a controlled explosion in the area of Carleton Hall after the ammunition had been surrendered to police.
A spokeswoman for Cumbria Constabulary said: “The ammunition was handed into Hunter Lane police station.
“The explosion was carried out by EOD (bomb disposal) in one of the fields opposite Carleton Hall, with the landowner’s permission.”
