Military-grade explosives are getting into the hands of car thieves in California ‘s San Francisco Bay Area, and now beyond. Someone reported an early 2000s Toyota Sienna minivan stolen to Sacramento police on April 22. A day later, police recovered it, and a K9 alerted its handlers to something hidden in the van.
The California Highway Patrol described that day as “not your average workday” when the K9 discovered a live 60 mm mortar round. However, the mortar would prove to be anything like they’d ever seen before.
“This military-grade munition was not under military control and had been modified, making it even more dangerous,” the department wrote on Facebook …