“This is the second grenade that we’ve discovered within a week and we are working with the community with others who are embracing the campaign “Not in MY City” to recover more grenades of the streets,” Deputy Commander of the Eastern Division, Senior Superintendent Edward Broaster told reporters.
He said during the seizure, law enforcement authorities had also recovered a point 38 revolver.
“The area where we found this grenade is an empty lot, it’s overgrown and the grenade was found under some bushes near a fence,” the senior police officer added.
Bomb expert with the Belize Defence Force (BDF), Brigadier General David Jones, said the latest grenade found was a M2- US Army type “used by the US army some years before and I believe it is still in use”.
He said the police had originally indicated that the devise found on September 6 was a “British grenade” but the one found four days later was similar and hence his statement that both were US made.
The police have not released much information on the discovery, but have acknowledged questioning a number of people. No arrests have been made.
Police said intelligence indicates that the grenades were to be used to disrupt the “September celebration” events marking the Battle of St. George’s Cave Day and Independence Day on September 21.
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Belize police discover grenades, claim they were to disrupt “September celebration” events
