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ARVADA, Colo.—A land mine recently left at a thrift store was authentic—but luckily inert.
Police say the Claymore land mine found in a donation box Tuesday at a Goodwill store in a west-Denver suburb was a training device and didn’t have an explosive component.
A Goodwill employee familiar with military explosive devices found the land mine. An area strip mall was evacuated and a bomb squad called in.
Police haven’t identified the person who dropped off the device. Arvada investigators say someone clearing out a home or garage might not have known what the item was.
Claymore mines were widely used during the Vietnam war.
