Mortar grenade found buried in Chonburi

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Phanat Nikhom district, Chonburi —

An antique mortar grenade was found buried underground in Chonburi today, September 23rd, and police suspected it might belong to a collector.

Explosive ordnance disposal police went to the Sra Seeriam subdistrict of the Phanat Nikom district in Chonburi after getting a report that a mortar grenade had been discovered inside a box buried underground.

PHOTO: ข่าวคนชล

The grenade was found kept inside a wooden box. The unidentified tractor driver who found the device said that he stumbled upon the bomb while digging a pond and was lucky he did not drive over it.

The bomb could have been discarded by a collector who was afraid of being caught, police said. The antique bomb was removed from the scene and would be eliminated in a safe area.

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Aim Tanakorn
The local news translator at The Pattaya News. Aim is a twenty-four year old who currently lives in Bangkok. Interested in English translation, story-telling, and entrepreneurship, he believes that hard-working is an indispensable component of every success in this world.