Ohio: IED Discovered During Investigation of Suspicious Vehicle

TRIPwire, 19 March 2019
On 18 March 2019, a Lucas County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a suspicious vehicle report in Swanton and discovered an IED inside the vehicle. The Toledo Police Department NW Ohio Bomb Squad removed the device, which was described as an illegal pyrotechnic device consisting of a large firework with a protruding fuse. Two individuals associated with the vehicle were taken into custody.