SAN CLEMENTE – A grenade being used as a decoration was found to be a live explosive and was confiscated by the bomb squad from a San Clemente business Wednesday, deputies said.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a business in the 130 block of Avenida Victoria at 4:18 p.m. after someone reported the grenade, said Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin La Pyrne. Deputies who arrived discovered that it was a live military explosive.

“It was believed to be a decoration but that wasn’t the case,” La Pyrne said.

The county’s bomb squad rendered the grenade inert and delivered it to explosives personnel at Camp Pendleton.

No injuries were reported.

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