Explosive ordnance disposal engineers of the Bomb Squad “Codru”, together with employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs, performed a controlled detonation of the warhead of the crashed rocket found near Larga village of Briceni district, IPN reports.

The Ministry of Defense said the exploitive was found inside the rocket close to Larga on January 14. The air surveillance systems of the National Army didn’t detect any objects entering the Moldovan airspace.

The detonation was conducted in conditions of maximum safety. Joint expert teams of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Defense made sure the exploitation didn’t affect anything in the area.

The evidence collected at the scene will be transmitted to the specialized Prosecutor’s Office.