The biodegradable container was handed in to a security guard after being found by a customer in Lidl supermarket, Abbot’s Road, Colchester, on Monday. Samuel David, a member of the security team at the store, said he had been given the urn at around 5pm. The Gazette understands the urn contains the ashes of a person cremated at Charlton Park Crematorium, in Andover, Hampshire, last December, which is 148 miles away. Business - Lidl (Image: Lidl) Mr David said: "To my knowledge it hasn't been collected yet. Sad - the urn (Image: Samuel David) “There must be someone out there living in Colchester who knows.