State Police Bomb Squad called in for explosives found in tackle box

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A fishing tackle box containing several M-80 explosives was found in Fairhaven Thursday afternoon by a family member who was cleaning out the garage belonging to his recently deceased father-in-law. The M-80’s were wrapped in lead, and are believed to have been used for fishing purposes. An M-80 is a small, class C explosive the approximate size of a quarter stick of dynamite.

The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called in to safely destroy the items in a controlled environment. The tackle box was transported to a parcel of town-owned land in a remote location and detonated on-site. As a matter of protocol, as well as for safety purposes, the Fairhaven Fire Department was called in to have fire fighting apparatus standing by, along with an ambulance and a police cruiser.

There was no risk to the public during this operation and all precautions taken were for purposes of safety. Anytime items such as these are found, regardless of how small they may appear, people are strongly encouraged to notify their local public safety agencies so that they can be destroyed safely and properly by trained professional experts.

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4 comments

  1. Retarded overreaction. Glad I don’t live in MA.

  2. So basically the state troopers came got a bunch of fire crackers and got to go play with them… And got paid to do this??? The only crime that was committed here was when the man who called the police were stolen!!!

  3. When I used to live in Massachusetts in one 4th of July in 1997 I had police walk up to my yard and took away fireworks I had because they were apparently illegal to light off then too- even on the 4th of July.

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