By Obakeng Maje

BOONS – On 2012-09-29 at about 09:00, a farm worker from the Boons-district discovered abandoned explosives and firearms in a bushy area, while bulldozing the field to get rid of blue gum trees.  The driver of the bulldozer informed the farmer, who alerted the Police.  

Members from LCRC and Explosives’ Unit were summoned to the area and the following explosives and weapons were seized: 

10 x SPM limpet mines (without igniters)

10 x VZD – 1M igniters for the SPM limpet mines (without detonators)

10 x mechanical detonators for the VZD – 1M igniters

14 x F1 hand grenades without igniters

5 x RGD hand grenades without igniters

2 x metal tins – sealed containing 20 x igniters for the hand grenades

2 x “Stechkin” pistols with holsters and 2 x empty magazines

8 x loaded magazines for the pistols 

126 x 9 mm rounds

14 x boxes containing 224 x 9 mm rounds

 The area was searched with a metal detector and the following remnants of limpet mines were also recovered:

1 x SPM limpet mine (broken in two) (without igniter)

Front piece of a SPM Limpet mine (without igniter)

All the mentioned items were wrapped with layers of glad wrap plastic, tin foil and tape. 

“Some of the items are very rusty, as it is suspected that it must have been buried for more than 10 years” captain murburgh . 

Items originate from the Old Eastern-block Countries. 

The items have been buried in green rubbish bags underground. 

The items were taken for ballistic testing. 

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