PHAYAO — Police bomb disposal officers safely recovered an M26 hand grenade found hidden inside a hut in Phayao province on 23 January 2025, authorities said.
Officers from the Phayao provincial explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit, led by Capt. Jessada Chamnanya, deputy inspector of the investigation division, were dispatched to a hut without a house number in Moo 8 of Huai Kaeo subdistrict, Phu Kam Yao district, after reports of a suspicious object.
The alert was raised by patrol officers from Phu Kam Yao police station, who relayed information through the provincial 191 emergency radio centre after local residents discovered the object and were unable to identify it.
An inspection carried out with the village head and local police confirmed the item was an M26 fragmentation grenade in intact condition. Officers cordoned off the surrounding area before removing the device in accordance with strict safety procedures. The grenade will be destroyed later, police said.
Authorities said the origin of the grenade remains unknown and an investigation is under way to determine who may have been responsible and why it was left in the area. Police confirmed the site is now safe and no injuries were reported.
