A hand grenade was yesterday confiscated by the CID in collaboration with Dekelia police after the explosive was found on the Sovereign Base Areas in the Larnaca district.

A Nicosia man has already been arrested and remanded in custody for six days in connection with the case, police said. He is being investigated among others on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and transportation and possession of an explosive substance.

The court heard that the suspect was sighted receiving a package which he abandoned at a specific point in the Bases at 9.30pm on Friday.

The investigator did not tell the court what the hand grenade was going to be used for only that the “purpose was to commit a felony”.