CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union,–Fifty-six vintage bombs, believed parts of a Japanese arsenal in World War II, were dug up near the house of a municipal mayor of La Union on Wednesday.

Police operatives and members of the Regional Explosive Ordinance Division of Police Regional Office 1 immediately rushed to sitio Pao, barangay Sobredillo in Caba, La Union where the vintage bombs were dug up.

The bombs were later brought to the Police Regional Office here for disposal.

The rusting bombs were found near the newly constructed house of Mayor Clyde Crispino of Caba.

Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said that the bombs were found by construction workers who were digging to build a new road in a mountainous area, about 20 meters away from the house of Mayor Crispino.

Aside from the vintage bombs, an old foot-high jar believed used during religious services, was also found by the construction workers.

“We immediately ordered our Explosive Ordnance Division to go to the area after learning that the other three bombs burned by the workers exploded. Luckily, no one was hurt,” Bataoil added.