JASIN: Police are tracking down a man after a mortar bomb was found in a house at Taman Bukit Tembakau, Merlimau, yesterday.
Jasin police chief Deputy Superintendent Ahmad Jamil Radzi said a 65-year-old woman, who is the house owner, contacted the Merlimau police station at 7.58pm and alerted them to the 60mm practice inert bomb.
He said a team of police personnel, accompanied by a Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) from the state police headquarters, was despatched to the scene.
"The BDU branch confirmed that the bomb is a 60mm practice inert mortar used for training. It measured 300mm in length and 60mm in diameter.
"It contained no explosive material and has been taken by the BDU for disposal," he said when contacted here.
Ahmad Jamil said the complainant asked her neighbour to help clean the rented house, which had been occupied by a man since 2022, before discovering the object.
He said the single-storey terrace house had been unoccupied for nearly seven months after the tenant left in January and that the owner had no contact with him.
"Last Saturday, the complainant asked her 30-year-old male neighbour to clear the personal belongings left by the tenant.
"During the clean-up, the neighbour found an object resembling a mortar bomb and sent pictures to the complainant," he said.
He said investigations were ongoing and that the police were tracing the whereabouts of the former tenant.