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If citizens find artifacts recommended a simple protocol: DO NOT TOUCH, NOT MOVE, signal and alert the 062
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia, thanks to the cooperation of citizens, has seized a flare maritime signaling, found in the street of San Javier has finally been removed and destroyed immediately.
Last Wednesday, July 26, a resident of San Javier Meritorious informed that, while he was trimming trees on a street in San Javier, found a rocket unused.
A patrol public safety prevention quickly moved to place the ad and verified the information provided by the citizen.
It was a parachute flare red light, with its load unused, destined exclusively for boats.
Using all possible security measures, the Civil Guards seized the device and transferred to a safe place to avoid greater evils.
Then they informed the Group EOD (GEDEX) of the Region of Murcia.
The GEDEX troops after a series of checks during yesterday morning removed the device and proceeded to its destruction in a security zone enabled for this purpose.
Citizen cooperation
In these situations, the cooperation of citizens is key to locating artifacts, and avoid manipulation and subsequent crash, so they can finally be guarded and destroyed with the required safety measures.
Safety Recommendations
In the event of being faced with an abandoned object that could be suspected of being explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic device, the Civil Guard advises citizens to follow these guidelines:
Give real consideration to any object, with the appearance of explosive device, which seem strange to the environment in which it is located.
Do not touch or move the object.
Immediately call emergency telephone Civil Guard: 062.
If possible, stay in the vicinity of the place until the arrival of the Security Forces.
Otherwise signaled the area or provide coordinates through a program or application of GPS location, very common today in some mobile phones.
Any kind of manipulation could lead to fatal consequences.
The Civil Guard has resolved cases in which citizens locating old explosive devices, move them to their homes, as a decorative object, which carries a high risk to themselves and their families and neighbors, so we recommend you follow security protocol previously exposed.
Source: Ministerio del Interior