webfact Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Grenade found in Trat durian orchard By The Nation A grenade thought to be several decades old was found in a durian orchard on Trat’s border with Cambodia Monday evening, police said. A team of explosive ordnance disposal officers rushed to the orchard in Ban Na Klua village in Tambon Chamrak in Muang district at 5.30 pm after the orchard owner, Thaminan Sangthanu spotted the grenade partially sticking out from the soil. The EOD team tied a rope to the grenade’s tail, then removed it.It will be destroyed at their base. Niwat Noochak, chief of Tambon Chamrak, said the grenade was believed to be an unexploded device made in China and used during the Vietnam-Cambodia war in 1985. Rains partially unearthed the grenade after it had been buried for decades, he said. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374645 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-08-13 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 A pineapple in a durian orchard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Glad some little kids didn’t get hold of it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Great it's been removed with no issues. Wouldn't exploding a device in a durian orchard be counted as a dirty (or at least stinky) bomb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Grenade or stink bomb?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Evidently someone who likes Durian even less than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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