Army remove ‘unexploded bomb’ from Pirates Beach
WALKER DIALLED 999 AFTER SPOTTING DEVICE IN STREAM
A SUSPECTED unexploded bomb has been removed from Cleethorpes beach without the need for a controlled explosion.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were called to the area of land known as Buck Beck Beach Bench or Pirates Beach.
The item was found by a walker who was spending the day at the seaside resort when they came across the object.
After being told to dial 999 by the coastguard, officers from Humberside Police and PCSOs put a cordon to prevent the public from walking towards the suspected explosive device.
Members of the EOD have since removed the device without the need to perform a controlled explosion.
The passer-by who found the device said: “You usually can’t ever walk across that part of the beach and this was the first time I’ve ever walked across to the beach.
“I sent a picture of it to the lifeguard who told me to ring 999.
“I found it in a stream and usually they’re full of water, but now it’s all dried up it was more visible to see.
“I’m surprised no one else has seen it, it’s directly in view as you walk towards the bench.
“I did move it a little to see if I could work out what it was as well.
“A friend of mine who was in the army thought it was a German stick grenade when I showed him the picture.”
Police remained in place for a number of hours as the Coastguard assessed the situation and made contact with the bomb disposal teams.
Whilst the investigations were being carried out, visitors to the beach were turned away as a precaution.
One woman said: “I’d come to Cleethorpes for the day and had planned to walk down to the bench as I’d never been there before.” Alex Robinson, who works at the nearby The Brew Stop, said this isn’t the first time they’d experienced an event like this.
He said: “The emergency services are just doing their job which they’re responding to really quickly.
“We don’t get this activity as often now, but we had one two months ago.
“The last time they were there they blew up a landmine down here. We were told to not to be inside a building in case the windows were blown out.”
At around 4.20pm yesterday afternoon, the device was carried away by a member of the Royal Logistics Corps Bomb Disposal Unit.
Reports suggest that the item was not dangerous to the public and was able to be removed by hand.