CHISINAU, Moldova — Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts Wednesday to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a grounded drone for “a toy” and took it home.

When police arrived in Pepeni in Singerei district, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the capital, Chisinau, they discovered that the drone found four days earlier had already been stripped of its parts.

Police said the drone did not contain explosives or pose a danger, and urged the public to “not touch or attempt to transport fallen drones or similar objects.”

Authorities did not say where the drone came from. They said it was a Gerbera-type drone typically used for improvised attacks or observation. Russia has used those in Ukraine.

Police had been tipped off by Pepeni's mayor. Vid

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