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2 grenades found in Punta Gorda, police investigating
NBC 2 ^ | March 14, 2018 | A.J. King, Digital producer

Posted on 03/15/2018 1:13:59 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -Punta Gorda police were called to Higher Power Outfitters at 1826 Tamiami Trail because someone found two grenades while cleaning out a nearby home.

The person who found the grenades brought them to the store for destruction, and the store owner called the police.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad said the grenades were live and were able to make the grenades safe. They will take the grenades back to their facility to destroy.

The man who found the grenades said they found them in an old chest that belonged to a family member who recently died.


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Lee County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad said the grenades were live and were able to make the grenades safe.

how... were the pins out?

21 posted on 03/15/2018 5:18:39 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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