Bomb scare at police station

Streets around the New Plymouth Police Station have been cordoned off after a suspicious package was found at the station's front door.

A New Plymouth police spokesman said a few people were left in the building but most were out monitoring the cordons on the ``couple of streets' near the station.

He said an army bomb disposal unit was on the way and said it may be nothing but ``you've got to be safe nowadays'.

The package was discovered about 3pm this afternoon.

- NZPA