A thai old woman in Chonburi mistaken to hand grenade for recyclable plastic and kept it in his house, leaving his neighbors in shock. Fortunately, the grenade was not harmful as it was a practice explosive.
A 66-year-old Thai man, Chanan Piyakhumni, reported to Sattahip Police Station today, June 13, that he discovered a weapon of war, a blue hand grenade, in front of his former neighbor’s house at Navee Thong Niwet in Sattahip. , Chon Buri.
Police arrived at the scene and found Chanan, some of his relatives and locals in the area in panic. Police then called Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers to the scene to further investigate the object.
The grenade, marked in light blue with brown straps, was marked Grenade Hand Practice M26A2 IMI 1-08 and was placed in a plastic jar filled with sand.
The EOD confirmed that it was a non-explosive practice grenade and handed it over to Naval Ordnance for further investigation.
In an interview with ThaiPost after the incident, Chanan revealed that he discovered that the elderly woman who lived next door had picked up the grenade from a garbage dump in the community and placed it in front of her house before going to the hospital.
According to Chanan, the woman regularly collected plastic bottles and other recyclable waste to sell to a recycling company. She might have mistaken the grenade for recyclable plastic, believing she could profit from it.
Chanan’s son, shocked by the discovery, placed the grenade in a jar of sand to prevent accidental detonation before calling the police.
This incident follows a similar one last month when a security guard found a hand grenade near the Boon Samphan temple in Chon Buri, eastern Thailand. EOD officers safely disposed of the device, but its origin is unknown.
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