An antique item containing explosives was safely detonated by area bomb squads at Copperas Branch Park in Highland Village Monday morning.
The item, which was purchased by a Highland Village resident over the weekend, contained picric acid, a compound that is primarily used in laboratories as a staining agent, but has historically been used as a military explosive.
According to a press release from Highland Village, the resident called the City of Denton Bomb Squad directly, who then contacted Highland Village police around 10 a.m. to assist the call, made from Varia at Highland Village apartments in the 2600 block of FM 407…