(8-28-23) Sunday afternoon at 3:38 pm Van Wert County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on State Route 709 in York Township on a report of what might be old grenades being located inside two ammo cans inside a barn.

The Allen County Ohio Bomb Squad was requested and responded to the scene.

The devices were found to be military smoke grenades, and one that contained CS Gas (tear gas).

The bomb squad destroyed four smoke grenades due to them being deteriorated along with the CS canister due to it not having a fuse. The remainder of the items were packaged and removed from the property.