IN PICTURES: British Troops seize ammunition and weapons in Southern Iraq Raid

Various pieces of mobile phones, AK magazines and shotgun cartridges recovered [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

Some of the mortars found in Az Zubayr are laid out so that they may be examined [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

An ICOM IC-2001 FM Transceiver and two antennas [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

Lieutenant James Fulton, Multiple Commander, from the 1 Yorks Battlegroup guards the property in Az Zubayr [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

Mortar bombs, rockets, fuses and TNT prior to destruction [Picture: Cpl Kate Hammond]

Soldiers from the 1 Yorks Battlegroup with some of the mortars found in Az Zubayr [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

Soldiers from the 1 Yorks Battlegroup with some of the mortars found in Az Zubayr [Picture: Lt Jamie Metcalf]

Mortar bombs, rockets, fuses and TNT being destroyed [Picture: Cpl Kate Hammond]

The crater left after the demolition of mortar bombs, rockets, fuses and TNT [Picture: Cpl Kate Hammond]