A controlled explosion carried out on a “suspicious” car that police did not realise had been parked by colleagues cost about £2,000, the BBC has learned.

A bomb squad was called in February when officers at Workington police station in Cumbria, became concerned about a Vauxhall Corsa left outside.

Cumbria Police blamed “an internal communications error” and apologised to the owner.

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