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On Tuesday members from the OPP Prince Edward County dispatch responded to a weapons disposal call.
Officers attended the residence to retrieve what was reported to be an historical military ordnance.
Officers then contacted Canadian Forces Base Trenton who dispatched their Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit to remove the item safely.
With the history surrounding Prince Edward County military training grounds, there is an opportunity for these ordnances to be located and OPP would like to remind residents not to handle them and to leave it where it is and call police.
Additionally, due to Prince Edward County’s proximity to the Forces Base, there are occasionally search and rescue flares washing ashore onto from the lakes and bays.
February 10, 2021: On the last day of 2020 a Greek oil tanker at anchor off Iraq was found to have an Iranian limpet mine attached. The mine was apparently attached to the hull by a diver dropped off at night from one of the armed Iranian speedboats that move through the area at all hours. Another Iranian speedboat then came along and picked up the diver. Iran has been using these tactics since 2019 when they were caught using limpet mines and other weapons against tankers entering the Persian Gulf. In one case the Iranians were caught on a video placing and removing the limpet mines on tanker hulls. In mid-2019 the U.S. provided surveillance video of Iranians in a small boat removing a limpet mine that did not go off. The video was taken by an American MH-60R surveillance helicopter patrolling the Gulf of Oman when a small boat was spotted, apparently Iranian and headed towards an anchored tanker. The helicopter stayed with the small boat and
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Bomb squad race to Scots beach after âsuspiciousâ item washes ashore amid stormy weather
The Explosives Ordnance Disposal team were called to the Ayrshire coastline after the alarm was raised before carrying out a controlled explosion on Thursday afternoon.
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The coastguard, Police Scotland and a bomb squad were called to the Ayrshire beach (Image: Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team)
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