The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Group (GEDEX) of the Civil Guard in Lanzarote, supported by a canine explosives detection guide and agents from the Main Post of Costa Teguise, proceeded on July 21 to carry out a controlled explosion of a detonator that was inside a hole in the breakwater of Las Cucharas Beach in Costa Teguise.
It was a citizen who, the day before, at around 7:30 p.m., called the GEDEX at the airport to report that while walking with his son along the breakwater, he had located a round hole from which two cables that could be a detonator were coming out.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team immediately moved to the place, together with a patrol boat from the main post of Costa Teguise, where after interviewing the person who found those stubs, they observed that in a rock of the breakwater there was an artificial hole from which two single-wire cables of yellow and red color came out. However, given the lack of natural light as it was night, the GEDEX adopted the necessary security measures to carry out a controlled explosion first thing the next day.
It was at 08:00 on July 21 when the GEDEX, assisted by the Civil Guard patrol from the main post of Costa Teguise and the explosives detection dog handler, carried out a controlled explosion, which resulted in the destruction of the aforementioned detonator that was in the hole.
Origin and/or origin of the detonator
The Civil Guard points out that this type of element housed in rocks and volcanic stones was used to carry out open-air blasting, so it can be determined that this detonator was there since the breakwater was built. In addition, it is indicated that they usually appear sporadically on the island of Lanzarote.
