The Claymore mine found at a Goodwill store in Arvada on Tuesday was nonfunctional, Goodwill said today.
The land mine was found among goods donated to the store at 7547 W. 80th Ave.
“There was nothing in the mine to cause a detonation, and (it) was not a threat to anyone in the community,” said Meaghan Carabello, spokesperson for Goodwill Industries of Denver.
Goodwill said that when a bomb or suspicious device is discovered at one of its stores, or a bomb threat is called into one of its facilities, Goodwill follows specific procedures to alert law enforcement and to ensure employee and public safety.
Carabello said the organization cannot speculate why someone would have dropped off a land mine at Goodwill but that an investigation is underway.
Goodwill praised the way its employes at the Arvada location reacted and also thanked the law-enforcement agencies that responded to the incident.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
