The Pottawattamie County Bomb Squad was called to a home at 22529 Tammy Circle in Council Bluffs, Monday evening, where a woman found her late husband had a grenade stored in an old foot locker in the basement.The call about a suspicious device came in at around 6:50-p.m.

An Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Technician (File photo from Pott. County S/O)

Sgt. Jason LeMaster with the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says the device, which was described as being a flat green “pineapple” shape, with some blue paint on it,  was placed in a protective pouch and brought back to the Sheriff’s Office where it was placed in the bomb bunker for safe keeping, until it could be destroyed.  It’s not clear whether the grenade was live or inert, and meant only for practice.

No injuries were reported.