Several dozen pieces of ammunition, fuses and small amounts of gunpowder were found by employees of a municipal waste sorting plant in Chełm County (Lublin Province). The police are investigating where the found militaria came from and why they ended up in the trash.
“This dangerous discovery was discovered by the plant's staff working on the sorting belt,” said Ewa Czyż, press officer of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Chełm, on Thursday.
The ammunition – over 40 pieces – was probably collected in a plastic bag. “Initial findings indicate that it is ammunition of various calibers for rifles and pistols. We estimate that it comes from the 1970s,” the policewoman added.
Ammunition found on waste sorting conveyor beltKMP Chełm
There was a risk of explosion, pyrotechnicians were called
In addition to the ammunition, two detonators and small amounts of black powder were also found, which posed a potential explosion hazard, so a dozen or so employees were evacuated from the sorting office while the police carried out their activities.
Police pyrotechnicians from the Independent Counter-Terrorist Unit of the Police in Lublin were called to the scene. “They had specialist equipment. They secured the find and neutralized it on the spot,” Czyż noted.
The police are investigating the case – they are determining where the dangerous find came from and why it was thrown in the trash.
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