CANACONA
An object resembling a shell with a ‘danger’ warning triggered some panic after it got washed ashore at Agonda beach late Monday evening.
According to reports, some visitors were at Agonda beach when they noticed a rocket-type object floating in the sea and subsequently, reaching the beach. They became alarmed on noticing warnings of ‘danger’ and to notify the police before touching the object.
The visitors then alerted the Canacona police, and two police teams rushed to the site and took possession of the object at about 7 pm.
The unexpected presence of police teams at the beach then attracted several other visitors to the site.
A police team led by LPSI Rifa Barretto then inspected the object and it had warnings of 'Danger', ‘Do Not Touch, Notify Police' printed on the top and 'red smoke’ and some other words printed on the bottom.
Ruling out any immediate danger, one policeman accompanying the team said the object appeared to be a shell normally used by the Navy on their vessels. The police later took away the shell from the site, much to the relief of locals at the beach.
