An ordnance believed to be from World War II or the Korean War era was removed from a Middle Township property by the Atlantic City Bomb Squad Saturday, township police said.
Police were called to a home at Route 47 South, in the township's Green Creek section, at 2:20 p.m. after receiving a report that a possible unexploded ordnance was at the property.
Police found that a large projectile was partially unearthed, but it appeared to be inert. It is unknown how or when the ordnance was placed onto the property, but police said it was uncovered when a relative of the land owner was metal detecting on the property.
Middle Township Police evacuated all residences in the immediate area of the ordnance and the Atlantic City Bomb Squad determined that the ordnance was a Howitzer 155. They then removed it to be destroyed.
Other agencies that assisted were the State Police, the state Department of Transportation, the Green Creek Fire Department and
Rio Grande Rescue Squad.
