the Police have blocked off an area in Phillipstown in Christchurch, and urges people to stay away from there, but wanted to not disclose what the bet is about.
also be prepared on the site, but that you are not currently dealing with any patient, writes Reuters.
According to the newspaper the New Zealand Herald, the police have been called to the scene after the alarm on a suspected bomb. Residents in the area have been dismantled from their homes. The magazine reports on a massive go-around with over 20 police cars, brandfordon and ambulances.
Later confirmed the police information.
– Police have located a package suspected to contain a spränganordning, and ammunition, on an uninhabited plot of land at Newcastle Street, said områdeschefen John Price.
that was on the spot to investigate the subject, had secured it according to the Price.
A man was also reported to have been arrested at bet.
the Text is updated.