Another American type hand grenade was found in the city over the weekend. The grenade was enclosed in a container and stashed in an empty lot in the Lake Independence area. Police had to call in Commander of the BDF Brigadier David Jones, who is also an explosives specialist, to safely take the grenade away. Today via phone, Jones told the media more about the find and also encouraged the public to call police immediately if they know the location of any grenades.
Brig. Gen David Jones, Commander, BDF
"I was called to go and retrieve the grenade which was in the open lot on the road on the Chetumal Boulevard across the bridge going to the highway in the open lot on the right hand side there was a grenade similar type as to the one we had retrieved, American type, it was in a container and I was asked to retrieve it and take it to the BDF camp and that is what I did."
"They are definitely not from within Belize they are being imported from somewhere across one of the borders but we are not sure from where."
"We are just waiting for the police to say definitely destroy it and we will destroy it and that is the same with the other one we are just waiting to destroy it."
"People will need to call in and inform the police about the whereabouts of these weapons if they know where they are, because they are very dangerous and they can kill or injure people up to 300 yards away."
The other similar grenade was found on Tuesday January 3rd in the Old Fabers Road area. It was a M26-A1 hand grenade, American type as well.
Police intelligence tells them that these can be fairly easily sourced in Guatemala.
As for the area where this grenade was found, sources tell us that it was most likely placed there for police to find by a cooperating witness.
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