Envelope with 'suspicious' powder sent to Indonesian consulate in Darwin
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Version 0 of 1. An envelope containing “suspicious” powder has been sent to the Indonesian consulate in Darwin, a day after similar letters were also received by consulates in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. Australian federal police are investigating the anonymous letters reportedly containing a white powder received by the three consulates on Wednesday. Following the incident, Northern Territory police alerted the Darwin consulate that one may also arrive there this week, and on Thursday morning police and fire services responded to a call about “ a suspicious letter from an unknown sender.” The acting deputy commissioner Jamie Chalker told reporters on Thursday afternoon that police had “safely effected the security” of the letter and had no concerns about the material, which he confirmed was a powder substance. Related: Suspicious package at Indonesian embassy in Canberra sent for analysis The substances recovered at Perth and Melbourne have been deemed “non-hazardous,” while that received in Sydney has been sent for further testing, an AFP spokeswoman told Guardian Australia. The letters received this week follow a similar incident earlier this month at the Indonesian consulate in Canberra. Indonesian consulates in Australia have been the target of protests and alleged threats over the executions of Australian drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. |