Controlled explosion carried out after grenade and guns found at Doncaster house

The army’s bomb squad were callled in to carry out a controlled explosion after a live grenade and guns were found at a Doncaster house.
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South Yorkshire Police and the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team were called to an address in Bosworth Road, Adwick on March 6 – but details of the dramatic incident have only just come to light.

A police spokesman said: “Officers were called to a report of firearms found during a house clearance at and address in Bosworth Road at around 2.45pm on 6 March.

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“Two firearms, confirmed not to be viable, and a grenade were found.”

The bomb squad was called in after a live grenade was found at a house in Doncaster.The bomb squad was called in after a live grenade was found at a house in Doncaster.
The bomb squad was called in after a live grenade was found at a house in Doncaster.

“Explosive Ordnance Disposal attended and carried out a controlled explosion on the grenade nearby.”

It is the latest in a number of incidents in Doncaster which have seen the bomb squad called in.