An object police believe to be a pipe bomb has been secured by the bomb squad. The pipe bomb has been taken away while police conduct further investigations, said Waikato District Command Centre Senior Sergeant Will Loughrin. "The bomb squad have taken an item away, suspected to be a pipe bomb," Loughrin said. CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF A member of the police bomb squad (File photo)A beachgoer came across the pipe bomb on Thursday afternnon, on rocks at the northern end of Waihī Beach in Bay of Plenty and called police. An object has been taken away believed to have been a pipe bomb."

Source: Stuff February 07, 2019 03:33 UTC