Two old cannons were found buried at the construction site of Galaxy Macau’s Phase 4 in Cotai yesterday afternoon, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, the cannons were reported to the police at 5 p.m. yesterday after construction workers accidentally dug them up. The PSP bomb disposal unit confirmed that the cannons do not present any danger after being examined, the statement said.
The statement noted that the cannons are about one metre and 1.3 metre long with a calibre of about 50 and 60 millimetres respectively. The statement added that Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) officials arrived at the scene to examine the cannons.
The statement said that IC officials would relocate the cannons at 9 a.m. today.
Another 1.45 metre long cannon with a calibre of about 80 millimetres was found in the same area in November last year.
Local commentator Wong Tong, who is also a military affairs commentator, pointed out when speaking to TDM in November that Cotai is a land reclamation area so the old cannon found at that time had possibly been dumped in the sea by a warship.
That cannon is now in a museum storage area.
This photo shows an old cannon accidentally dug up by workers at the Galaxy Macau Phase 4 construction site yesterday. Courtesy: TDM
