A controlled explosion was carried out on a 'suspicious' car on the street outside the station... only for police to realise that officers had placed the car there in the first place.
Police have apologised to the owner of the vehicle.
A bomb disposal team had to travel 90 miles to carry out a controlled explosion on a 'suspicious' car, after a blunder by Cumbria Police.
However, the silver Vauxhall had been left outside Workington Police Station by officers, who were trying to help after the owner of the vehicle became ill.
The mistake meant a long trip for the two-man bomb disposal team from Catterick in North Yorkshire.
The sister of the man, whose car has been damaged by a controlled explosion by Cumbria Police, says they apologised to him in person today.
The 'suspicious' vehicle, on which a controlled explosion was carried out, had actually been parked there by the police.
A controlled explosion was carried out on a 'suspicious' car outside the police station.