In case of finding artifacts, citizens are recommended a simple protocol: DO NOT TOUCH, DO NOT MOVE, SIGNAL and WARNING to 062
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has seized and neutralized 26 granífugos rockets found in a house located in the Las Ramblas, the municipal area of ​​Alhama de Murcia.
The action began when Benemérita received the alert that the owner of a house, while doing cleaning work in a warehouse attached to his home, had found some boxes with what appeared to be anti-hail rockets.
Quickly, a citizen security prevention patrol of the Civil Guard traveled to the site, verified the discovery of the explosive materials and activated the Group of Specialists in Deactivation of Explosives (GEDEX) for its withdrawal with the corresponding security measures.
Soon after, the TEDAX agents of the Benemérita arrived at the house of the incident and took charge of the artifacts, which have been deactivated using a controlled load in an isolated area and with the corresponding security measures.
It consisted of 26 complete granífugos rockets and in good state of conservation.
Citizen collaboration
In these situations, the collaboration of citizens is key to locate the artifacts, and thus avoid their manipulation and subsequent accident, so that they can finally be guarded, deactivated and destroyed with the required security measures.
Safety recommendations
In the case of being in front of an abandoned object that could be suspected of being an explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic device, the Civil Guard recommends the citizenship to follow the following instructions:
Give the consideration of real to any object with the appearance of an explosive device that is strange to the environment in which it is located.
Do not touch or move the object.
Immediately call the emergency number: 062, which the Civil Guard has available 24 hours a day, so that they can be neutralized and destroyed safely by specialists in the field.
If possible, stay in the vicinity of the place until the arrival of the Security Forces.
Otherwise indicate the area or provide the coordinates through a program or GPS location application, very common today in some mobile phones.
That is, DO NOT TOUCH, DO NOT MOVE, SIGNAL and WARNING to 062
Any type of manipulation could have fatal consequences.
Source: Ministerio del Interior