The grenade was detonated safely after it was found at the bottom of a garden.
A grenade from the First World War has been destroyed in a controlled explosion.
It was discovered in a garden in Yaxley on the outskirts of Peterborough.
A member of the public contacted Cambridgeshire Police on Sunday 19 November 2023.
He suspected the grenade was still live.
A member of the public contacted us after suspecting he had an old WW1 grenade that was still live at his home in...
Posted by Policing Huntingdonshire on Tuesday, November 21, 2023
It has now been destroyed by the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team.
They carried out a controlled explosion in a nearby field with officers from Cambridgeshire Police monitoring the scene.
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