Someone gardening in Vancouver found a grenade that the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) determined posed a potential danger.
Minimal details were provided by police about the incident, which they shared via a post on X.
Police said that the person who discovered the “old grenade” was gardening near Olympic Village.
VPD explosive experts were tasked alongside additional resources to examine the device. The post on X states that upon discovering that the grenade posed a danger, it was “safely destroyed by police.”
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Following the dismantling of the device, police are now continuing the investigation.
Police are investigating “how it may have gotten there, how long ago, and by whom. All questions we’d like to have the answers to,” VPD said on X.
Many residents have responded to the post with alarm.
“So it could have gone off at any moment?” one user asked.
Others asked some questions, stirring the political pot.
Remember, when we got rid of the last mayor, because of ever increasing taxes, squalor, downtown, and public safety? How is that really changed?
— The Bay Street Bard (@GovServicesSuck) May 12, 2024
This city has gotten out of control under @KenSimCity so unsafe swagged out leadership, just a few days ago someone tried to steal a baby from a car now someone finds a live hand grenade #warzone
— Rational Left (@Rational__Left) May 12, 2024
The grenade was discovered on Sunday morning.
#VPDScanner: A person gardening near Olympic Village this morning located an old grenade. #VPD explosives experts, along with additional resources, were brought in to examine the device. Confirming the grenade was still a potential danger, it was safely destroyed by police. pic.twitter.com/0v9G6LddJy
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) May 12, 2024