Bomb squad called to Abbotsford, B.C., thrift store after grenade is donated
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/02/2024 (608 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ABBOTSFORD – Thrift stores can be a treasure trove of unusual finds, but a discovery in a donation bin at an Abbotsford, B.C., store set off a police and bomb squad response.
Abbotsford Police say workers at the store called for help on Monday when they found a Second World War era grenade in the bin.
Const. Art Stele says police shut down the store and surrounding businesses to mitigate any risk.
Officers with the explosives disposal unit then moved in and determined the grenade had been decommissioned.
The area was reopened shortly after the bomb squad gave the all clear.
Stele says police contacted the donor who told them he hadn’t meant to donate the grenade, which he used as a paperweight.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 27, 2024.