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Unexploded device found on building site

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Rebecca Murphy

Published: 4:35 PM July 12, 2018    Updated: 7:15 AM October 7, 2020
An old artillery training round was discovered in Watton and had to be detonated. Picture: @Brecklan

An old artillery training round was discovered in Watton and had to be detonated. Picture: @BrecklandPolice - Credit: Archant

An unexploded device had to be detonated by the British Army after it was discovered on a building site.

https://twitter.com/BrecklandPolice/status/1017415757217423360

Believed to be an old artillery training round, the device was found at the site on Watton Green, Watton.

Breckland police were alerted by builders and the Royal Logistic Corps were then called in to help.

It was safely detonated on farmland.

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