Police station evacuated as suspected mortar shells are handed in

A busy high street was evacuated in a bomb scare today after suspected mortar shells were handed in to a police station.

Loughton Police Station was cleared when a member of the public brought in the suspicious devices at around 11.40am after discovering them in a loft.

The haul was moved to the rear yard of the station in Epping Forest, Essex, and a 100-metre exclusion zone was set up.