Surat, July 29 : Several live bombs have been found in different places in Surat today, out of which three bombs were defused in the residential areas of Varacha, confirmed police.
The first two bombs were found in Labheshwar and Santoshinagar areas of Varacha. They were kept inside an abandoned bag. A third was found hanging on a tree behind the Matavadi Police outpost in the Varacha area this morning.
The police have sounded a ''high alert'' in the city in the wake of live bombs being found within a span of three hours.
The bomb contents have been sent to a forensic science lab for analysis, police said.