Over 110 rounds of ammunition removed from Calexico lot

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) - Over 110 rounds of ammunition was found in Calexico over the weekend.

Authorities were called to the scene where mortar rounds and ammunition were found in a lot in Calexico.

The discovery was made when property owners were clearing the lot, but police say the ammunition was not live.

"Someone moved, I guess, [an] abandoned vehicle there, and...under the vehicle, there was a couple of those dummy rounds there, and after further search of that immediate area, there was more found," said Sgt. Marco Mardueno with the Calexico Police Department (CPD).

This is the second time ammunition has been found at that property, where CPD previously removed a pallet of non-explosive mortar rounds.

"This is like the second time this has happened but that lot used to be like a scrap metal yard, and I guess before they cleaned it up there was a large amount of those duds, like mortar rounds, practice rounds," Sgt. Mardueno shared.

The rounds were turned over to the Bomb Squad. The area has been cleared and is now safe.