'Unexploded grenade' found in Penryn was fake - UPDATE
6:48pm Sunday 2nd September 2012 in News
By Greg Fountain, Reporter/Photographer
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- A suspected grenade was found in the garden of a house on Permarin Road, Penryn.
- Bomb disposal experts - from Plymouth - were called to the property.
- Houses either side of the 'grenade site' were evacuated.
- Experts confirmed the 'grenade' to be a fake.
- One man was arrested on suspicion of wasting police time.
7:14pm
The police and bomb disposal team called to Permarin Road have now been stood down.
Sgt Watts has confirmed that it is "all quiet now," adding: "No bangs."
7:11pm
Here is a map showing where the fake grenade was found:
6:59pm
UPDATE: Community Sergeant Gary Watts has confirmed that the 'grenade' was in fact a fake.
He said: "EOD have uncovered a half dummy grenade in Permarin Road, Penryn. A male is now in custody on [suspicion] of wasting police time and [enquiries] are in hand."
6:57pm
UPDATE: A Devon and Cornwall police spokesperson has confirmed that the suspected explosive was found at a property in Permarin Road, Penryn.
The police received a call at 4.10pm from a man who said he had dug up a grenade in his garden.
Properties either side of the site have been evacuated while a controlled explosion is carried out.
6:48pm
BREAKING: Bomb disposal experts were called out to an undisclosed location in Falmouth this afternoon, to deal with a suspected grenade.
Community Sergeant Gary Watts took to social networking website Twitter earlier to announce that he was "dealing with a possible unexploded grenade, evacuation in hand and EOD [Explosive Ordinance Disposal] enroute."
Twenty minutes later he reported that the bomb disposal team had arrived, adding: "for operational reasons I can't disclose where until after. There is no risk to the general public."
More on this story as it develops.
