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Monday, January 18th, 2010
GARDEN CITY — A 200-yard stretch along the Boise Greenbelt in Garden City was closed for about three hours today after a resident discovered an old artillery device buried in the area.
Police reported that a treasure hunter enthusiast with a metal detector located an unexploded “artillery ordnance device” that was found a few yards from the pavement near 47th Street in Garden City. Police in Garden City summoned the Boise Police Department Bomb Squad, which removed the device with a remote-control robot.
Officials said the device was transported to the Mountain Home Air Force Base for destruction.
