Ammunition shuts port

A specialist police unit was dispatched and Port Otago was in lockdown for several hours after ammunition of an unknown origin was discovered.

A police spokeswoman said they were called at 1.55pm on Monday after "ordnance" was found at the port.

By 2.52pm, Port Otago had been fully evacuated.

Specialist teams were called in and successfully removed the items about 9pm.

The spokeswoman said the ordnance was successfully destroyed. — Allied Media