Fat Head: A defensive hand grenade and Dilagrama found next to the WWTP.
The GNR triggered the inactivation of Team Explosive Devices (EIEE), Territorial Command based in Évora, to inactivate an explosive device that was thrown into the output of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (Sufficient) Gorda Head.
The case happened yesterday, having been given warning about the 12.00 hours through the GNR post of Salvada, to the existence of an explosive device in the output stream of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (Sufficient) Gorda Head, located on Municipal Road that connects this town to Salvada, and managed by the public company Águas do Alentejo (Owned). The Municipal Company for Water and Sanitation (EMAS) Beja learned of the case through the Lidador News (LN).
The inactivation of Team Explosive Devices (EIEE), Territorial Command based in Évora, We arrived at the scene after 18.00 hours, having proven the existence of an explosive device.
The second was found Lidador News it was a defensive hand grenade, acoplada a um Dilagrama m/65, a launch device of hand grenades that fits automatic rifles G3. (The dilagrama basically consists of a grenade holder that fits the muzzle of the G3. Through the use of a special ammunition, the Dilagrama is triggered in conjunction with the grenade, disarming it right now. The dilagrama was developed for the Portuguese Army na early 1960, for use na Guerra do Ultramar. In this war, usually each Combat Group had two equipped with this device military).
The LN know that history began when a few months ago, an individual already identified by the GNR, He found the artifact on the right bank of the River Guadiana, having it transported you to Fat Head. Later he gave it to a friend, which ensured to dispose safely of the same. In "coffee talk" the individual who found the artifact questioned his friend about the destination of the same, having said this had been thrown at the WWTP, which led to the case was reported to the Guard.
Salvada the military post and the Center for Criminal Investigation (NIC) Detachment of the GNR Beja and security company providing service to agda, They attended on site, and was subsequently requested the presence of a team of firefighters Beja Volunteers, to remove the water in the stream to see if the artifact was at the site described by the complainant.
Cerca the 16.00 hours after the confirmation of the existence of ingenuity, It was activated Inactivation of Team Explosive Devices (EIEE), Territorial Command based in Évora, I had to go over 100 kms between the two locations, when the PSP has in Beja airport a team of explosives (read on for news on the subject: https://lidadornoticias.pt/exclusivo-beja-granada-encontrada-abandonada-em-quintal-no-centro-historico/).
Asked about the fact, Captain Alves de Sousa, Public Relations Officer of the Territorial Command Beja GNR, He said that it is "internal procedures that have to be fulfilled", justified.
The Lidador News knows that the operation ended after the 19.30 hours and defensive hand grenade and Dilagrama m / 65 were disabled and were transported by EIEE to Évora to be analyzed.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
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