The Tribune

A RESIDENT, who lives in southwestern New Providence, has dogs whose favourite pastime is scavenging the neighbourhood. Every morning, the resident's front yard is littered with odds and ends brought in by the dogs from their night's prowl. Daily, it's the resident's task to clean her yard and deposit into the garbage bin the odd shoe, pieces of clothing or whatever other detritus her dogs have collected. On Saturday morning, among the previous night's finds, there was an ordinary looking man's white sock. It was ordinary until it was picked up. It's weight made it extraordinary -- a sock worth special examination. Taken into the house, its contents were dumped out. There on the table were 12 live cartridges. "I have seen guns and cartridges before," said the alarmed resident, "but never in my life have I seen such large cartridges -- and live at that!" The resident turned them in to the Grove Police station only to be told that they were cartridges for an AK47 rifle. The cartridges will be sent to the U.S. for forensic examination.