JASIN: A man discovered a 60mm mortar bomb, later identified as an inert practice bomb, at an unoccupied rental house in Taman Bukit Tembakau, Merlimau, on Saturday.
Jasin police chief Ahmad Jamil Radzi said the 30-year-old man was a neighbour of the house owner.
He said the 65-year-old female house owner had asked the man to help dispose of the personal belongings left behind by the previous tenant about seven months earlier.
“During the process, the man discovered an object that looked like a mortar bomb and sent a picture of the device to the house owner, who then filed a police report at 7.58pm on the same day.
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The bomb was taken to the Melaka police headquarters for disposal.
Jamil said the single-storey terrace house was previously rented to a man who had worked in the state since 2022. He left the house in January this year.
The premises had not been rented to anyone else for nearly seven months.
Jamil said the house owner had not been in contact with the tenant since then. Police are currently looking for the man to assist in further investigations.
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