PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have recovered a training grenade that caused a scare at a Waste Management facility in Pembroke Pines.
Pembroke Pines Police responded to the facility in the area of Southwest 208th Avenue and Pembroke Road just after 10:30 a.m., Monday.
UPDATE: The @browardsheriff Bomb Unit was able to retrieve the item, and determined that it was a training grenade and not a live grenade. The area is being cleared. https://t.co/DW4ImOhA9r
— Pembroke Pines PD (@PPinesPD) September 9, 2019
The potentially-explosive item was found tucked under a canteen bottle inside of a box during a garbage sorting.
Broward Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad unit retrieved the item and determined that it was a training grenade and not live.
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