Bomb disposal team called to Pagham beach

A suspected Second World War ordinance was discovered on Pagham beach this morning.

By Isabella Cipirska

Published 16th Dec 2019, 18:17 BST

Pagham Beach. Photo: Arun Police/Twitter

Police Community Support Officers from Arun were stationed at the ‘very stormy’ beach this morning after the item was found, according to a police tweet.

Arun Police said there was no impact on the public but asked residents to avoid the southern end of the spit for a few hours.

At 12.50pm, police tweeted again to give the all clear.

The device was dealt with by a bomb disposal team, police confirmed.

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