Live grenade found among scrap metal in Kingston, Ont.: police

Grenades are pictured in this stock photograph. (Sven Verweij/Unsplash)

Police in Kingston, Ont. say a live grenade was found in a scrap metal container at a local waste facility this weekend.

Police were called to the facility at around 1 p.m. Saturday.

It was determined that the object an employee found was a live grenade with the pin still intact.

The facility was evacuated, and the Ontario Provincial Police explosive devices unit was called in to dispose of the grenade.

Police say it’s not known where the grenade came from or how it ended up in the scrap metal disposal container.