Bangkok: Three M79 grenades found in drainage ditch at Government House

BANGKOK, July 31 (TNA) — Three M79 grenades have been found in a drainage ditch at Government House, Thailand’s seat of government, according to a senior police officer.

Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai said the bomb squad were called in to retrieve the grenades which have not yet exploded.

The explosives were found while workers of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were cleaning the drainage system at the Government House, near entrance gate number seven, Maj-Gen Wichai said.

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