Nearly 2,900 WWII shells recovered from Kavala port and safely destroyed

Two thousand eight hundred seventy-nine (2,879) World War II shells were collected on Wednesday morning from the sea area of the port of Kavala by a special team from the Navy’s Underwater Demolition Command.

According to the Coast Guard, the ammunition was transported to a safe marine area in Tsari Bay, where it was neutralized in a controlled explosion AMNA reported.

This followed the discovery of ammunition (11 rounds and a magazine) in the same area on July 25.