A BOMB disposal team has carried out a controlled detonation in Worcestershire.
Eckington Bridge, on the Pershore Road and B4080, was closed by police following reports of a suspicious item found nearby.
There have been unconfirmed reports the suspicious item was a Second World War bomb.
A West Mercia Police spokesman said: "Around 10am today (December 14) officers received a report of a suspicious item having been found near Eckington.
"Officers attended, closed roads and formed a cordon at a safe distance.
"Specialist teams carried out a controlled detonation of the item in a field."
No one was injured and the road was reopened within an hour.
Worcestershire Highways tweeted: "Eckington Bridge - police and bomb disposal experts are at the scene", after earlier saying: "Eckington Bridge is closed due to a police incident".
In August a controlled explosion took place of unexploded Second World War bomb that was fished out of the River Severn in Bewdley.
On that occasion police brought in a bomb squad to recover the device, which they later identified as a piece of ordnance.
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