Train Set Bomb Scare

Dunedin, New Zealand Police responded in full force to a report that a box containing an old train set, and what was appeared a corroded mortar, had been discovered by a charity shop manager. Responders evacuated and cordoned off several buildings while an investigation took place.

The ordnance was later identified as a 1970's-era smoke bomb, and it was removed and detonated by the Burnham-based New Zealand Defense Force bomb disposal unit. The shop's staff was praised for taking the threat of a potentially dangerous munition seriously.