Police in northern B.C. say they had to evacuate an apartment complex after “fully functional” hand grenades were found while officers were executing a search warrant during a drug investigation.
Prince George RCMP said the incident happened while they conducted searches at multiple locations around the city on June 6 and June 7. The searches were an effort to make a “sizeable dent” in the illegal drug trade in the city, RCMP said in a June 24 release.
During a search of one of the residences, officers found a handbag that appeared to contain “several hand grenades,” the release said.
The RCMP’s explosives disposal unit from the Lower Mainland was contacted to dispose of the grenades, which were found to be “fully functional.” As a result, the apartment complex was evacuated in the middle of the night as a safety precaution….