IPOH – A villager unearthed rusty bullets and an old grenade behind his house at Kg Selarong in Pengkalan Hulu on Friday afternoon.
Pengkalan Hulu district police chief DSP Zulkepli Ibrahim said in a statement today, that in the 4.15pm incident, the 50-year-old man was working to build a bigger cowshed.
“Police were informed about the discovery around 6pm and found that the bomb was an old hand grenade measuring 12cm in length and 20cm in circumference,” he said, adding that several rusty 7.62mm general-purpose machine gun bullets were also found.
Following that, he said the Taiping Bomb Disposal unit detonated the grenade at about 10.20am today without incident, loss of life or property damage.
He said the bullets would be disposed of by the Perak Police Contingent Headquarters Army Mechanical Rifle Armament unit.
He advised the public against touching or moving any objects that they find such as bombs or explosives, and immediately report the discovery to the police for further action. – Bernama, June 5, 2022
