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Arrest of armed men leads police to dynamite stashed in Sooke Road home

The RCMPB次元官网网址檚 West Shore Street Crime Unit recovered three sticks of dynamite on Wednesday (April 30) from a Langford home on Sooke Road.
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Dynamite sticks seized in a Sooke Road Home were each 1.5 inches in diameter and 10 inches in length with electric detonators in each stick.

The RCMPB次元官网网址檚 West Shore Street Crime Unit recovered three sticks of dynamite on Wednesday (April 30) from a Langford home on Sooke Road.

The address has not been released, but RCMP said it was a semi-rural area.

The street crime unit executed a search warrant on the property one week after police arrested three men connected to the home.

When officers searching the house discovered the dynamite, they contacted the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit in Vancouver. The unit disposed of three dynamite sticks, each measuring 10 inches in length and 1.5 inches in diameter.

The explosives had detonators attached, adding to the threat and unpredictability of the situation.

B次元官网网址淚t could have killed or caused extensive damage to a building,B次元官网网址 said Sgt. Max Fossum, West Shore RCMP. B次元官网网址淚 am not sure if it could have blown up a house, but it was enough to kill.B次元官网网址

The search warrant stemmed from an investigation by West Shore RCMP and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement unit of B.C.

The three men arrested April 24 were armed with hand guns and has body armour. Police had kept the men under surveillance and watched them coming and going from the Sooke Road Home.

B次元官网网址淧ublic safety is our No. 1 priority. The investigation is ongoing and we are examining the evidence that has been collected,B次元官网网址 Fossum said.

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