Police destroy weapons cache
Dozens of firefighters and bystanders gathered near 4th and Burde yesterday afternoon as the Vancouver-based RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit set off a “controlled detonation” inside an apartment building.
Homemade grenades along with chemicals used for rock blasting were discovered, and were set off inside a container as police said they were too unstable to move.
Other explosives were taken to a gravel pit off Ship Creek Road and destroyed, while firefighters doused the fire caused by the initial blast
Also inside the apartment was a large number of prohibited and restricted firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.