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A police station was evacuated after ARTILLERY SHELLS were handed in at the front desk.

Kingston police station had to be partially evacuated after the two shells, designed to hold explosive ammunition, were handed in at the station.

Officers decided to close the station in south west London as a precaution and cordons were put in place at around 2.30pm.

Specialist units were deployed to the scene and no arrests were made.

PC Seb Ellis said: "A member of the public walked into the station and said 'I want to hand these in', so we looked in their bag and saw two artillery shells.

"We weren't sure if they were live or not, we had to call special teams to sort it and make it safe.

"It would be ideal if people had artillery to give us a call first and we can collect it."

Kingston MPS tweeted: "Kingston Police Station front office is currently closed while we deal with an incident.

"Member of the public hands in artillery shells to the front counter we clear the area while specialist units deal."

A Met Police spokesman said: "Items suspected to be artillery shells were handed in at Kingston Police Station at around 2.30pm on Tuesday February 28th

"The station was partially evacuated as a precaution and temporarily closed. Specialist units were called to the scene to deal.

"The suspected shells have now been removed and the station has reopened."