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Vancouver police destroy pipe bomb found inside vehicle

A 33-year-old man from West Vancouver was at a traffic stop on East Cordova Street, when he told police he had a homemade pipe bomb inside his car.

A 33-year-old West Vancouver man is in custody as police continue the investigation

Vancouver Police surround the car containing the homemade pipe bomb on East Cordova Street. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Vancouver police safely destroyed a homemade pipe bomb found inside a vehicle at a traffic stop Thursday night.

Members of VPD's explosives disposal unit were called out to the scene around 9 p.m. PT, after a 33-year-old West Vancouver man told officers he had a homemade pipe bomb inside his car.

Officers found the bomb in the back of thevehicle during thetraffic stop on East Cordova Street, near Hawks Avenue.

The area was shut down to traffic as members of the explosives disposal unit examined the vehicle and the explosives with a robot.

Police safely destroyed the bomb after thoroughly examining it.

The man driving the vehicle was taken into custody and the investigation is ongoing.

An officer disassembles the explosives disposal robot after the bomb was destroyed. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)