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Video: Magnet fisherman finds bag with 18 guns in Hague ditch

A magnet fisherman found a bag containing 18 pistols in a ditch near Erasmusweg in The Hague on Sunday. It is not yet clear where the firearms came from and whether they are real or toys. The police are investigating.

The magnet fisherman called the police after making the find. A police diving team searched the ditch, but found no further weapons, the Den Haag police said on X.

The police’s Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Team seized the weapons for further investigation.

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