A Sussex Police station was sealed off after a bomb scare today.
Traffic was diverted away from the station in West Street, Lewes.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "A council employee found some flares on a council site in Ham Lane and brought them to the station.
"Officers thought they looked unstable and called in bomb disposal experts."
Several roads round the station were closed and the area was sealed off.
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