The duty officer at the Lubań police station received a report of unexploded ordnance on Sunday, 4 September. – In a forest in the village of Radostów Dolny, a man who had gone mushroom picking discovered dangerous objects dating from World War II – reports asp. szt. Justyna Bujakiewicz-Rodzeń, press officer of the County Police Headquarters in Lubań. – A police patrol was immediately sent to the scene; it confirmed the discovery and secured the area.
She adds: – The officers secured the dangerous find against access by bystanders, while notifying bomb-disposal specialists from the military unit in Bolesławiec.
On 5 September, in the afternoon, the Bolesławiec Bomb Disposal Patrol from the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment arrived at the scene. After checking the area for mines, it recovered an anti-tank hand grenade, an anti-personnel hand grenade and six rounds of Soviet-manufactured rifle ammunition.
The officers remind everyone:
If unexploded ordnance is found, the Police must be notified immediately. Do not touch it or move it elsewhere.
They add:
It is also important to secure the site of the discovery until the relevant services arrive and prevent other people, unaware of the danger, from putting themselves at risk.