“Among the discoveries were two bombs, one of them booby-trapped, which were dropped by British aircraft during the war. Each weighs 227 kg.
“Construction teams working to upgrade the port last month also found 25 shells, said local official Denis Gaudin.
“Police have marked out a danger zone stretching 1.5 km, closing off the entry to France's busiest passenger port, which provides the main sea route to Britain for cars and transport vehicles.”
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150607/calais-port-closed-for-wwii-bomb-defusing
A day after D-Day celebrations
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