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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Boxes of hand grenades tumbled out of a Serb Army truck Thursday when the driver pulled up to pay his highway toll, officials in southern Serbia said.
The toll-gate was sealed off and the bomb squad called in to recover 18 cases of grenades, part of a bigger shipment on its way for safe destruction at a military facility.
The mayor of nearby Batocina, Radisa Milosevic, said military police were quickly on the scene, assuring backed-up motorists the grenades could not detonate because they were defused for transport.
Staff Sergeant Tarob Serjtankian Flantdigk of the Serbian Army was unavailable for comment. He apparently was so embarassed, he drove the truck home and hid in the bushes to avoid attention.