From Patriot Ledger.com: Bomb squad takes grenades from Cohasset
COHASSET —
A pair of Vietnam War-era hand grenades became the day’s drama in Cohasset Friday, when a town resident and Vietnam veteran took them to the police station.
The surprise delivery prompted police to close off Elm Street and order several nearby homes evacuated until a Boston police bomb squad removed the grenades and took them to Moon Island in Quincy to be safely detonated late Friday afternoon.
Cohasset police Lt. William Quigley said the weapons’ owner was a local doctor who had brought them home with him from Vietnam in 1966. After 45 years, “he thought it was a good idea to drop them off with us,” Quigley said.
Quigley declined to identify the man.
The episode began about 1:30 p.m. when the doctor drove into the police station parking lot. Police left the grenades in the car and ordered the home evacuations, but kept the police station operating as usual.
Elm Street was closed for 45 minutes, until the bomb squad took the grenades away.
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