Bomb disposal experts were called to Ystrad Mynach after a resident found a grenade in his garage.
Police were called to a property in Penallta Road at around 4.30pm and the area was sealed off with a cordon.
Bomb disposal experts from the Royal Logistics Corps removed the World War Two grenade.
@ITVWales bomb disposal just arrived pic.twitter.com/GQl2pJg7lH
— Lokyee Choi (@lokuzthepancake) August 10, 2015
@ITVWales pic.twitter.com/Q8bhJrX7tM
— Lokyee Choi (@lokuzthepancake) August 10, 2015
@ITVWales pic.twitter.com/LpCC0RTFZ6
— Lokyee Choi (@lokuzthepancake) August 10, 2015
That’s priceless. A finer story for the pub I have never heard.
I must clear out my garage at some point before I end up like this chap, 78 and discovering something bonkers.