GEORGE TOWN: A metal container wrapped in plastic found in front of a restaurant in Persiaran Gurney here Wednesday night was not an explosive devise but a tear gas canister.
Northeast district police chief ACP Gan Kong Meng said Thursday the tear gas canister bearing the words 'For military and police use only' on it was seized by the Bomb Disposal Unit.
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