Suitcase scare closes Oak Road
A bomb scare at Kirrawee closed Oak Road for around two hours last night.
Sutherland police were called to Kirrawee train station at 6pm after a black suitcase was left unattended at the entrance to the station.
An exclusion area was set up with Oak Road closed to traffic between President Avenue and Flora Street.
At 7.25pm officers from the Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit arrived to examine the suitcase.
It was deemed safe and opened.
The case was empty with no identifying markings.
Oak Road was reopened soon after and the suitcase was seized.
