Article 5XXGR Blast food: chip factory calls bomb squad after muddy spud turns out to be grenade

Blast food: chip factory calls bomb squad after muddy spud turns out to be grenade

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Eva Corlett in Wellington
from World news | The Guardian on (#5XXGR)

A night shift worker pulled the device from a potato reception area' thinking it was a muddy stone

New Zealand's bomb squad has been called into a chip factory after a suspicious-looking potato trundling down the production line turned out to be a grenade.

Grenades frequently pop up in potato fields in Europe, but are a highly unusual find in New Zealand.

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