Live Ammunition Found at Trash Disposal Site by Roadside in Yongin... Police and Military Investigating

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] A live military bullet was found at a garbage disposal site in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, prompting an investigation by the police and the military.

According to the Yongin Western Police Station on the 8th, on the morning of the 7th, the owner of a scrap yard in Suji-gu, Yongin, reported to a nearby police substation that he had found a live bullet. Upon verification by the police and the military, the bullet was identified as one used for the M60 machine gun employed by the South Korean military. The scrap yard owner reportedly told the police that "a man named A, who occasionally collects waste paper, handed over the bullet."

Investigations into how the bullet was initially obtained revealed that Mr. A found the bullet at a roadside garbage sorting site in Pungdeokcheon-dong, Suji-gu. The police believe there is no suspicion of anti-government activity, considering the bullet is very old?dating back to the Korean War (1950-1953)?domestically produced, and shows no signs of smuggling. The bullet is currently being collected and examined by the military.

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