Families were evacuated and the Army called after a grenade was found by police raiding a cannabis factory in West Bromwich.
Eight houses were evacuated until the Army confirmed the device was actually a shock grenade, used in training operations.
Officers, who were first called at 6pm, found 46 cannabis plants with a street value of £18,400 in two bedrooms inside the two-storey house.
"The shock grenade can still explode. It can cause windows to smash and releases smoke but it is not harmful. It was seized and taken away to be destroyed."
Two men, aged 28 and 33, were arrested on suspicion of production of a controlled drug and were today continuing to help police with their inquiries
He said: "It was all quiet until yesterday afternoon when a whole load of police cars turned up. There were about six of them.
"Then about an hour later I got a knock on the door from an officer who asked if I would mind evacuating. He said they had found something dangerous but they would not tell us what it was.
"We were told we could return home after about an hour. About an hour after that bomb disposal teams turned up. They were in there about half an hour. It was a little bit exciting and bit scary because we did not know what was going on."
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