(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED HOAX RPT KPRT B COY : 0 INJ/DAM

FF found 1 x 25ltr jug in a culvert with wires visible, FF cordoned off the area. UPDATE: FF investigated and found NO IED. False find. NFTR. BDA: No battle damage. **EVENT CLOSED** UPDATE: Task Force Kandahar Counter - IED Tactical Exploitation Report media attached. Summary from report: (S//REL ISAF, NATO) At approx 010720D*Oct 09, a private security company equipped with a dog handler left the DAND DISTRICT CENTER (DDC) in order to conduct a route clearance inspection on an UNNAMED Rte where some civilian were working as part of a CMO project. At approx 0745D*, while traveling SOUTH on the UNNAMED Rte, the dog smelled something suspicious in a culvert at GR 41R QQ 54459 94442. The dog handler looked inside the culvert and saw what he thought was a plastic jug. The POMLT on site with the assistance of the private security company set up a cordon and then requested assistance from the CF. A QRF with CIED assets was deployed from SP MARIANNE and arrived on site at approx 0950D*. During exploitation, a cardboard box with some empty water bottles was found hidden inside the culvert. The box was emplaced on a rock inside the culvert and in the middle of the culvert with some bushes emplaced at the entrance of the culvert in order to conceal the box. The IED was a HOAX. The DDC is located 1400m NORTH of the IED site and they have a clear line of sight of the area.. The guard tower in the DDC has no good night vision apparel and it is believed the HOAX was emplaced during the night to test this capacity. CIED concluded their exploitation at 1050D* and returned to SP MARIANNE by 1116D*.