Police have seized a case from a nature reserve which contained a gun and ammunition.
A 38-year-old metal detectorist was out in Walbottle and Throckley Dene in the west end of Newcastle on Sunday when he came across a black case under a pile of leaves. On inspection, he found that the case held a suspected firearm and several rounds of ammunition.
Ashley, who declined to give his surname, said: "I go out metal detecting every day to keep myself busy. I was just going along and an iron signal came up on my metal detector, which I usually ignore, but I'd just found a really cool iron axe head so I decided to dig again.
