CTV reported the removal of an improvised explosive device on a beach in Canada

An improvised explosive device (IED) was found on one of the beaches of the Canadian city of Kamloops in the Pacific province of British Columbia. This was reported on January 2 by CTV TV channel with reference to the local unit of the Canadian Mounted Police (national police).

It is specified that at about 13:20 local time (January 3, 00:20 Moscow time) the explosive ordnance disposal team was dispatched to the area along the North Thompson River in search of a suspicious object. Public access to the beach was restricted.

"Based on the appearance of the object, officers assumed it was a very small homemade bomb, which was later confirmed," the TV station quoted Royal Canadian Mounted Police Kamloops spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn as saying.

Police officers are investigating and interviewing witnesses.

Earlier, on December 31, CBS News reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered the largest cache of explosive devices in the history of the bureau during the arrest of a Virginia resident in the United States. While executing a search warrant at Brad Spafford's farm, investigators found more than 150 improvised explosive devices. Some of them were labeled "lethal" and preloaded into a vest.