ARMED POLICE CORDON OFF QUEENSTOWN WATERFRONT AFTER POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF FIREARM

A significant armed police presence has responded to the Queenstown waterfront this afternoon after an umbrella was mistaken for a firearm.

The whole waterfront was cordoned off and police were ushering people out of the Queenstown Gardens.

A police spokesperson initially said they were responding to “a report of a possible sighting of a firearm”.

A later statement said police confirmed it was, in fact, an umbrella, not a firearm.

A photographer at the scene said members of the public were being turned away from the Queenstown Gardens.

“There are a lot of armed police all around and the Armed Offenders Squad is on its way.”

2024-07-03T03:50:52Z dg43tfdfdgfd