A couple discovered explosives while they were hiking on the Klehini River flats last week, and subsequent bomb disposal triggered a false report of a potential plane crash. 

Derek Poinsette found the explosive device and said it appeared to be trash when he picked it up. 

“It wasn’t until we got home and unwrapped layers of electrical tape and looked at it more closely that it appeared to be possibly some sort of bomb,” he…

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