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Van pulls up to Pearl Harbor base with live mortar round

Pearl Harbor Mortar
NBC News
Van containing mortar round at the gate of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

3 people taken into custody and later released

HONOLULU, Hawaii (KYMA, KECY/NBC News) - Police took three people into custody after they pull up the a gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam with a live mortar round in the back of their van.

The gate guard was about to send away the unauthorized driver Tuesday night when he says he smelled marijuana. He says he looked into the vehicle and saw what looked like ordnance. The ordnance turned out to be a mortar round.

Military police took the three people in the van into custody for questioning. They were later released.

The incident put the base under lock down for hours.

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