A member of the public travelled to the Vorst police station in her car together with a hand grenade she was eager to hand over to police officers. The woman had found the grenade among the belongings of her husband, who is described as a “collector”. The police station and the offices of the adjoining commercial court had to be evacuated as a precaution. Streets were closed and the army bomb squad was called to the scene to disarm the device.
According to media outlet Bruzz it was on 5 January that the woman found the device among her husband’s belongings and took the decision to drive it to the police station
The army bomb squad then took possession of the device that was taken away for destruction during a controlled explosion.
As soon as the device was out of the area streets were reopened. The police have expressed joy at the woman’s decision to inform them of the device but urge the public at large not to proceed to attempt to transport similar devices on their own. That’s to avoid the risk of an uncontrolled explosion.