Police at the scene in Red Lodge, near Mildenhall (Image: Mildenhall Police)
An unexploded bomb has been safely detonated after being discovered in a Suffolk village.
Police and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment team were called to a field in Warren Road, Red Lodge, near Mildenhall, at about 2.30pm on Tuesday (August 30) after a member of the public reported the discovery.
A Suffolk Constabulary spokeswoman confirmed no one was evacuated and a controlled detonation of the device within a police cordon was carried out.
The scene was made safe at about 6.30pm.
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