Raleigh, NC An investigation found that a hand grenade found in a Raleigh yard on Sunday posed no danger.
A Raleigh police spokesman said the grenade was genuine, but a hole was drilled in the bottom, with no gunpowder inside. He added that the grenade is sold in surplus stores as a novelty item.
Officials said the grenade was very rusty because it had been underground for a long time.
Residents of the 600 block of East Cabarrus Street endured several tense hours – three houses were briefly evacuated – after a person doing the gardening found the grenade and called police.
Three members of the Raleigh police bomb squad removed the grenade and determined it was not a threat.
It was not immediately clear where the grenade could have come from, how old it was or how long it could have been in the garden.
