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An Airdrie man is facing charges after a homemade explosive device was discovered in a rental property in the city north of Calgary.

Mounties were called to investigate last week after receiving reports of the device.

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An Airdrie resident had cleaned out a rental property and moved belongings left behind by the renter to their home in the city’s community of Canoe.

Among the pile of belongings, the resident found a suspicious-looking jar in an ammunition container and contacted RCMP.

With the assistance of the RCMP’s explosives disposal unit, officers identified the item as a homemade explosive device.

Residents in neighbouring homes were evacuated while authorities contained the area and specialists destroyed the device.

Mounties later charged Kristopher Goyman, a 24-year-old Airdrie man, for making an explosive device with intent to endanger life or cause serious property damage. He will appear in Airdrie provincial court on Oct. 22.