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Suspicious package in Dunedin found to be no threat

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 6:41PM
NZ Police (Photo / NZH)
NZ Police (Photo / NZH)

Suspicious package in Dunedin found to be no threat

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 6:41PM

A bomb alert which caused major disruption central Dunedin this afternoon is over.

A suspicious package at Moray Place, Dunedin has been rendered safe and was found to be no threat.

READ MORE: Dunedin street cordoned off after suspicious package found

All cordons have been stood down.

The army bomb squad was called in to deal with the package - it was detonated and found to be inert.

Police will now launch an investigation into the origins of the package.

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