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Live hand-grenade found in sugar-cane plantation
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|September 23, 2025
A live hand-grenade was safely secured by the SAPS Explosives Unit after being discovered by farm workers at a sugar cane plantation in Blackburn, near Verulam yesterday morning.
The explosive, with its pin still intact, was spotted by a tractor driver while loading sugar cane into a trailer.
This story is from the September 23, 2025 edition of Daily News.
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