Magnet Fishing Nets Grenade

Castle Vale, United Kingdom A man and his nephew magnet fishing in a canal off Lathe Way, near Kingsbury Road, got a surprise catch  a WWII era hand grenade. The two called the police to report the find. The police responded and coordinated with a bomb disposal unit to conduct a controlled demolition disposal operation at nearby Pype Hayes Park. The hand grenade was safely disposed of without incident.

In an interview with the local press, the man that found the grenade stated - "Police called me to tell me they'd blown it up at Pype Hayes Park and estimated 40-50grams of explosive inside the grenade."