Police were called out to the A12 near Colchester amid reports a garden shed was blocking the road.

The force control room revealed the bizarre callout in Twitter at lunchtime.

Traffic maps showed the incident, near junction 25 at Marks Tey, caused some delays on the northbound carriageway.

Traffic heading eastbound on the A120 was worst affected, with cars slow moving as far back as Coggeshall.

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The force control room tweeted: "Officers from Colchester and roads policing are running to reports of a garden shed that has somehow made its way onto the #A12 in Marks Tey. - no two calls are ever the same."

The latest traffic maps by the AA show congestion has eased in the area and the shed has been moved off the carriageway.