Bomb disposal experts were called after a grenade was found.
The team attended a police station to dispose of the explosive after being alerted to an incident on Dixon Street in Skelton yesterday afternoon.
An Army spokesman confirmed they had been called to an incident in the street adding: “We went out to a police station where someone had driven a grenade in a car to the station.
“We took it away to dispose of it in a nearby field.”
The grenade was one of two separate and unconnected incidents in the street on the same day, coming at the same time as residents were evacuated from their homes by police who told them a man was threatening to blow up a house.
They told how they saw the bomb disposal team and feared there was a bomb, However police said the evacuation at 1.50pm was amid fears of a gas explosion.
Dorothy Johnson, 74, has lived in Dixon Street since she was 15 and was shocked when she found out what was going on.
She said: “Police were knocking on people’s doors to get them out. I felt bothered. It is normally a quiet street.
“I heard there was someone in the street that was going to blow it up.
“There was a lot of police around and ambulances. The bomb disposal team came too.”
Mum Eve Murphy and daughter Mia
Eve Murphy, 36, was evacuated from her house along with her four month old daughter, Mia.
Eve said: “I heard someone shouting early on but I was busy with Mia so I wasn’t paying much attention.
“The police knocked on the door and said they were evacuating because someone was threatening to blow up a house.
“We were outside for 14 minutes. I am glad we were outside. Safety first.”
Another resident, who didn’t want to be named, said: “We thought, what is happening? We thought it might have been a bomb.
“They closed the high street for half an hour in case it went up.”
Dixon Street
A Cleveland Police spokesman confirmed that emergency services were called to a domestic incident on Dixon Street in which someone had allegedly threatened to blow up the street.
Officers evacuated the surrounding area and cordoned off the scene, including a section of High Street amid fears of a gas explosion.
Fire crews also attended and were on standby while police negotiations took place.
A man was eventually arrested at 2.30pm and following interview, he was charged with assault and criminal damage.
He has been bailed to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 17.
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