In the Irkutsk district on a dacha plot, a local resident found an object resembling a shell while plowing the soil. Police found it was likely a 150 mm shell with the nose and primer intact, though the body shows corrosion. The site is guarded, and bomb disposal experts will destroy the dangerous object soon.
On November 3 at around 5 p.m., the duty unit of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Department for the Irkutsk District received a report that an object resembling a shell had been found at the 11th kilometer of the Kachugsky Trakt.Officers from the investigative and operational team went to the scene. It was established that the dangerous find had been discovered by a local resident while plowing the ground on his dacha plot in the “Mechta” gardening community.
During the inspection, police determined that the found object had a nose section and a primer intact and undamaged. There were also traces of corrosion. It is believed to be a shell from a 150-millimeter cannon.
Security has now been posted at the discovery site. In the near future, it will be destroyed by explosive ordnance disposal specialists.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region