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Bomb disposal team called to mortar shell on Benacre beach
A spent mortar shell has been found on a beach by a person using a metal Coastguard, from Norfolk, said the detectorist discovered the "suspicious item" on Benacre beach, Suffolk, on Tuesday. A cordon was set up and an explosive ordnance disposal team discovered it was a spent mortar shell before they took it away for July, Gorleston Coastguard was also called to assist bomb disposal experts with destroying a mortar shall in a controlled explosion on a beach near Lowestoft.
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