Superhighway Closed due to Suspect Explosive Now Clear

 | Wed 12 Feb 2014 09:33 ICT

CityNews – Mae Ping Police Station on Monday after they received a call about a suspect explosive device left on a curve of the Chiang Mai-Lampang Road near Nim See Seng shipping company. Mae Ping police then contacted the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Unit from the 33rd Border Patrol Police Command Center. The Superhighway was closed from Mae Jo intersection while the explosive was being cleared. Police Colonel Montop Sangjumnong, Chiang Mai Police Deputy Commander and a Chiang Mai police unit rushed to the scene. After the EOD unit inspection, the explosive in question turned out to be a green beer can and a bundle of electrical wires wrapped in black chord. They brought bystanders to a safe distance before covering the object with car tyre and hosed it with high pressure water. They then remote detonated the object at 1:15pm. No explosive components or fuse were found. Police speculate that it was a work of simple menace.

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