Special Explosive Disposal Team (EDE), based in Cartagena, from the Navy’s Mine Countermeasures Divers Unit (UBMCM), specializing in defusing explosives He intervention German G7 torpedo your exercise MajorcaIn front of Can Picafort in the municipality of Santa Margalida.
This citizen cooperation He gave the first notification to the Civil Guard of the situation of a possible underwater explosive device in Alcúdia Bay. Benemérita proceeded to highlight Palma’s Underwater Activities Group (GEAS), which was able to confirm and identify the find as a possible torpedo, and notified the Navy’s Naval Movement Operations and Surveillance Center (COVAM) in Cartagena.
Naval Operations Force Headquarters has begun detaching a team of explosive deactivators from the UBMCM through the Navy’s Marine Movement Surveillance and Operations Center (COVAM). interventionin place’ using special explosive chargesit confirms the identity of a German G7 torpedo without an explosive fuse, dispelling any suspicion of the existence of danger.
The operation was coordinated by the Santa Margalida Local Police and Civil Protection, Club Nàutic C’an Picafort, the Balearic Islands Marine Sector in Porto Pi to ensure the smooth conduct of the operation, which involved the Army’s Palma 47 Regiment. and the support of the Underwater Activities Group of the Palma Civil Guard.