Erzainza controlled the detonation of six mortar shells found by one person in a gorge located on the border of the Ipinyaburu Zeanuri region (Biscay). One of the deactivators had to descend about 30 meters with the help of the mining department of the observation and rescue squad to get to the place where the artifacts were located.

According to the Basque Directorate of Security, yesterday morning, a private individual reported on the emergency number 112 the discovery of several military artifacts in the abyss located on the border of the Ipinyaburu district of the Biscayne municipality in Zeanuri, within the district. belongs to the natural park Gorbeya.

Components of both the Explosives Disposal Unit and the Ertsaints Surveillance and Rescue Squad immediately left for the scene and, due to difficult access to the inside of the abyss, had to prepare a device with rock material for a safe descent to the UDE specialist. to the place where the artifacts were found.

In total, six mortar shells of the Valero model, caliber 81 mm and weighing about 4 kg each, were found from the Civil War. Due to their poor state of conservation, they were moved to a safe location nearby, where they were destroyed in a controlled manner.