Part of Dromana Beach evacuated after explosives equipment found near bathing box
A section of Dromana Beach on the Mornington Peninsula has been evacuated after explosives equipment was found near a bathing box.
A Victoria Police spokesman said part of the foreshore had been cordoned off until the bomb squad could investigate the area.
Dromana Beach earlier this year.Credit:Simon Schluter
He said a family had found some detonators – devices used to trigger explosives – near a bathing box on Sunday afternoon.
They handed in the equipment at Rosebud police station.
The spokesman said the rear of Rosebud police station had also been cordoned off as a precaution until the bomb squad gives the all-clear.
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Craig Butt joined The Age in 2011 and specialises in data-driven journalism.