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An extensive operation was carried out by the Investigative Police (PDI) after receiving a complaint for a man who had a grenade inside his home in La Cisterna, in the Metropolitan region.
The weapon was in a house near the 18 Gran Avenida bus stop, mobilizing personnel from the Criminal Investigation Brigade and the Specialized Explosives Brigade.
Prefect Mauricio Soto, head of the South Metropolitan Prefecture, indicated that after corroborating the information, the event site was isolated for more than 50 meters towards the west and east, and traffic was disabled.
“It would be a grenade of the defensive type, fragmentary, which has its fuze, all its components complete, therefore it is works as if it were active ”, explained.
As indicated, both its origin and its manufacture are subject to analysis, which will be reported to the South Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the statement by the accused to the PDI, the device has been in his home for a long time and “I was unaware that being with all its components is active.”
The prefect explained that in case of exploding, it could reach 200 meters in diameter.
Similarly, he specified that in the property had children, so the risk was even higher.
The detainee has a police record for robbery and robbery with intimidation, in addition to an arrest for injuries earlier in the year.
The subject will be made available to the competent court tomorrow.
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