The rock the pipe bomb was found on has been cordoned off. Photo / Alison Smith
The rock the pipe bomb was found on has been cordoned off. Photo / Alison Smith
A suspected pipe bomb found on a Bay of Plenty beach has been disposed of by the bomb squad.
Police at the scene said a member of the public alerted local firefighters to a suspicious pipe, a little smaller than a shoebox, on a rock at the northern end ofthe beach.
The area was cordoned off and police were called about 1.20pm.
They took photos of the pipe and sent them to the New Zealand Defence Force emergency ordinance disposal team, who said they needed to come and remove it.