Device found on Aberdeen beach blown up in controlled explosion By Press Association October 19 2015, 10:51am October 19 2015, 10:51am Share Device found on Aberdeen beach blown up in controlled explosion Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/260482/device-found-on-aberdeen-beach-blown-up-in-controlled-explosion/ Copy Link An arny bomb disposal team was called to Aberdeen after the device was discovered on the beach. An ordnance device washed up on Aberdeen beach has been destroyed in a controlled explosion. The Beach Esplanade was closed by police as a precaution after officers were informed of the discovery at around 3.40pm on Sunday. It was later fully reopened but a cordon remained on the beach and bomb disposal experts were called in this morning. The discovery, thought to be a Second World War device, came just days after a sea mine was safely removed from the Gourock coast. The mine off the coast of the Inverclyde town was thought to date from either the 1940s or 1950s.
