‘Unexploded device’ in London is just giant Christmas ornament

Chris Pastrick | Wednesday, May 29, 2019 3:31 p.m.

Tower Hamlets/Metropolitan Police Department

What police were called to investigate as a “possible unexploded device” in east London turned out to be a giant Christmas decoration.

Officials got a pretty serious scare in east London on Wednesday. However, the large bomb that some people had reported on the banks of the River Thames turned out to be a giant Christmas decoration.

The Tower Hamlets bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the call of a “possible unexploded device” in Wapping.

Fortunately, things turned out to be quite merry.

Officers were called to Wapping to investigate a possible unexploded device that had been washed up on the shore. Luckily, upon closer inspection, it is a giant glittery Christmas bauble! ?? pic.twitter.com/L6mCzr4Gjk

— Tower Hamlets Police (@MPSTowerHam) May 29, 2019

“Luckily, upon closer inspection, it is a giant glittery Christmas bauble!” police tweeted.

How and why the giant ornament ended up on the banks of the River Thames remains a mystery.

The matter was taken seriously, because just last week a World War II bomb was found and detonated at a construction site in Kingston-upon-Thames.