Construction worker unearths 2 old bombs in Jertih

 

The police bomb disposal unit at the scene after a bulldozer driver dug up the two old bombs in Jertih. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: A bulldozer driver stumbled upon two old bombs while clearing land near a community hall in Seberang Jertih, Besut, this afternoon.

Besut police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the 32-year-old man found the bombs while digging a hole in the area at 1.30pm.

“The bulldozer driver saw oval-shaped and silver-coloured objects resembling bombs in the ground.

“He did not want to touch them and came to the Jertih police station to lodge a report,” Rozak said today.

According to Rozak, a team from the firearms division at the Besut police headquarters rushed to the scene, followed by a bomb disposal unit from the Terengganu police headquarters.

Rozak said the two old bombs turned out to be unexploded ordnance.

“The bomb disposal unit carried out in-situ destruction successfully, without any property damage or injury,” he said.

The bulldozer driver, Nik Suhairi Azlan Latif, said at first, he thought the objects were child’s toys.

“I was quite surprised when I found out that they were actually bombs and I immediately lodged a report at the police station.

“Fortunately, I did not exert any force on the objects through my bulldozer,” he said. - FMT