Kampong Chhnang: About 2,602 old unexploded ordnance were found buried in their plantations in Samaki Meanchey district, Kampong Chhnang province.
A report from Samaki Meanchey District Governor Chhuon Channa said that the case of finding old bullets occurred in Sambok Kreal village, Kraing Lvea commune, Samaki Meanchey district, while people were digging and planting land and found unexploded ordnance. Many of these explosions. After seeing this incident, the people immediately reported to the Kraing Lvea commune administrative police station to cordon off all the places as well.
According to the report from Samaki Meanchey District Police Inspector, Colonel Seng Chenda, the bullets found by the villagers included: 20 boxes of M16 bullets equal to 800 bullets, 200 bullets, 8 RMB bullets equal to 1,600 bullets. And 2 M79 bullets, a total of 2,602 bullets.
The Samaki Meanchey district police inspector also learned that all the unexploded ordnance was old, unusable ammunition left over from the war.
Currently, all the bullets were collected by the Samaki Meanchey district police force and stored at the district police inspector to wait for the CMAC force to bring them to neutralize according to the technique.
In the case of the discovery of the old munitions, the Samaki Meanchey District Governor and the Samaki Meanchey District Police Inspector appealed to the people when they found unexploded ordnance, please do not touch or throw it away and report it immediately. Authorities nearby to avoid any problems that endanger lives.
