DIGOS CITY — Authorities here on Monday disclosed that a pile of vintage bombs was unearthed inside the 1st Davao Joint Venture Company compound in Barangay Guihing, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur, over the weekend.

Hagonoy acting police chief Maj. Rhuel Barachina revealed that the discovery was reported to them by Elmer Cabuslay, a retired police officer currently heading the security team at the firm's compound.

Upon receiving the information, Barachina called the provincial police's Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit for the safe retrieval of the vintage bombs.

Recovered were a rusty 60mm mortar projectile with no fuse; an MK2 fragmentation grenade sans fuse assembly; and eight corroded 20-pounder AN-M41 fragmentation bombs without fin stabilizers.

The unexploded bombs, believed to be part of Japanese weaponry during World War 2, were retrieved by the EOD team for safekeeping and proper disposal.

"The discovery of any explosive materials must be reported to the police in the soonest possible time due to the danger it poses to inexperienced individuals who might tinker with it," Barachina said.