
"The front desk personnel realized what (the grenade) was and took it out of the building and we called our Explosive Disposal Unit (EDU) to attend," he said.
He said the woman had no idea if the grenade was live or how old it was but she said the vintage handguns were from the Boer War.
That was the reaction from Regina Police after a lady in her late eighties walked into the Police Service building with a couple of guns in a box and a hand grenade.
The biggest message we want to get across to the public is that, if you come across those types of items, give us a phone call, we'll attend to your residence. We'll make an assessment for you and we'll assist you in disposing of those items safely," said Staff Sgt Darcy Koch. "It's always some type of concern when you start to drive around the city with those type of things and start to carry them around because you just never know."
The old Kenny Rogers song comes to mind "
Don't bring your guns to town Grandma
Leave your guns at home Grandma
We didn't evacuate our building. We didn't have to. We made sure there was no traffic, pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the street," said Koch.
Buildings near the police headquarters were also not evacuated. He said the Saskatchewan Transportation Corporation (STC) bus depot is located across the street from the police building on Osler street and it experienced minor disruptions in its service.
All ended well and the grenade was taken away and was likely blown up causing no harm to anyone and we assume Grandma had a very interesting day and perhaps some letter writing to do.
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