“We think we’ve found a bomb” divers tell Cowes police
Sam Treacey found a mortar shell off Cowes jetty on Sunday and told the Advertiser he suspected it was recently dumped.
The divers who found a mortar shell off the Cowes jetty on Sunday suspect it was dumped recently.
Sam Treacey and Cooper Corbett are regular divers off the jetty, at least once a year cleaning up the underbelly of the pier and retrieving lost items, including fishing gear.
Sam told the Advertiser they had jumped off the pier about 4pm on Sunday and soon after found it.
“It was a torpedo shape and we spotted it after about 10 minutes,” the 23-year-old Cowes plumber said.
“I’d say it hadn’t been down there for long because it was just sitting at the bottom. Everything rusts pretty quickly and it was in pretty good condition.”
The duo called the Cowes police about 4.30pm, telling them “we think we’ve found a bomb”.
Police confirmed they had cordoned off the Cowes pier “after a suspected ordnance was found by scuba divers”.
“It’s believed the two divers were underneath the jetty when they found the device in the water then placed it on the jetty and raised the alarm. Local police have liaised with the Australian Defence Force who are attending the scene.”
More details in this week's paper.
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