JERTIH, 23 Mei -- Unit Pemusnah Bom (UPB) Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Terengganu meneliti lokasi tempat dua biji bom lama jenis mortar 60mm dan perlu diletupkan di belakang sebuah dewan terbuka berhampiran sebuah stesen minyak di Seberang Jertih pukul 1.30 petang ini. Bom tersebut ditemui oleh seorang pemandu jentolak ketika melakukan kerja membersihkan tanah di kawasan tersebut. Tindakan memusnahkan bom dikenali mortar 60mm itu telah dilakukan oleh Unit Pemusnah Bom (UPB) Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Terengganu di lokasi kejadian. -- fotoBERNAMA (2023) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA
JERTIH: A bulldozer driver stumbled upon two old bombs while clearing land near a community hall in Seberang Jertih here, on Tuesday (May 23) afternoon.
Besut district police chief Supt Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the 32-year-old man found the bombs while digging a hole in the area at 1.30pm.
"Oval-shaped and silver-coloured objects resembling bombs were in the ground in the area cleared by the bulldozer driver.
"He (the bulldozer driver) did not want to take action himself and came to the Jertih police station to lodge a report,” he said here on Tuesday.
According to him, a team of members from the Firearms Division of the Besut district police headquarters (IPD) rushed to the scene, and then followed up with the Bomb Disposal Unit (UPB) of the Terengganu police contingent headquarters (IPK).
Abdul Rozak said that the two old bombs were identified as Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and they were already rusty.
"UPB has carried out in-situ destruction by using the high order technique successfully, without any property damage or injury," he said.
Meanwhile, bulldozer driver, Nik Suhairi Azlan Latif, said that 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 try to break them with my machine," he told Bernama when met at the scene. - Bernama
