MICHIGAN

State police bomb squad in Antrim Co. disposes of 2 explosives

Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News

A Michigan State Police bomb squad in northern Michigan disposed of two explosive devices in two incidents Sunday, officials said.

In the first one, the bomb squad was called to help the Antrim County Sheriff's Office. A homeowner in Kewadin called 911 after finding a military explosive that washed up on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay, they said.

Deputies arrived and called the state police bomb squad. The bomb squad took the device, identified as a Mark-25 Marine Marker military flare, and properly disposed of it, authorities said.

A Michigan State Police bomb squad disposed of this Mark-25 Marine Marker military flare after it washed up on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay Sunday, officials said.

Shortly after, a state police trooper from the Gaylord Post called the bomb squad to a traffic stop on US-131 near Wetzel Lake Road in Mancelona. After the trooper pulled the vehicle over and approached the driver, he saw an M-150 on the vehicle's dashboard.

Officials said the bomb squad arrived, seized the explosive and disposed of it.

The bomb squad also was called to the scene of a traffic stop in Mancelona after a trooper saw a vehicle that had this M-150 on its dash board, they said.

Other details were not released Monday.

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