Sixty homes were evacuated and a 100-metre cordon erected around Robert Terrace in Shield Row in Stanley after the bomb squad was called in on Tuesday (August 11) afternoon. (Image: PAUL WILLIS)Durham Police said a quantity of potentially explosive substances - believed to have been used to make homemade fireworks - were recovered from a property and destroyed. (Image: PAUL WILLIS)(Image: PAUL WILLIS)Two men, aged 71 and 46, were arrested on suspicion of manufacturing ammunition without a licence. (Image: PAUL WILLIS)Pictures show a bomb disposal expert dressed in black protective clothing walking up the street, followed by a robot. The Northern Echo has contact the MOD bomb squad for comment.