Makeshift explosive discovered near south county sewer pump in St. Louis, Missouri
(UI) — Ten cans of spray paint were found taped around a firecracker within a device found behind a fence enclosing a Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) pump station in December, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
MSD spokesman Sean Hadley told St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a worker found the contrivance on Dec. 31 while inspecting the pump, which is situated in a small structure on stilts close to Lemay Ferry and Meramec Bottom roads. Wastewater is moved by the pump to a treatment facility.
The St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Unit investigated and dismantled the homemade device after the employee alerted the police at around 10 a.m. Hadley claimed that if exploded, damage would have been negligible.
Teenager trespassing has been an issue in the neighborhood, he claimed.
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