News location:

Canberra Today 16°/20° | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

Bomb squad called to Civic police station

THE Bomb Response Team examined a suspicious item on London Circuit, Civic, this morning (May 12). 

At about 10.45am police identified a suspicious item, which had some wiring attached, on a ledge outside the City Police Station.

Tactical Response and Bomb Response Teams established an exclusion zone that included parts of London Circuit, University Avenue and Knowles Place.

The exclusion zone was lifted before 2pm after the tactical response team found no threat to public safety.

Investigations are ongoing.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website quoting reference number 6796945. 

Who can be trusted?

In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.

If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.

Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.

Become a supporter

Thank you,

Ian Meikle, editor

Share this

Leave a Reply

Related Posts

Follow us on Instagram @canberracitynews