Ophelia Buckleton is a reporter for the Weekend Herald and Herald on Sunday. Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playGold-rush village Arrowtown - usually reserved for campervans and backpackers - has been invaded by undercover police officers, bodyguards and reports of armed police squad members, including snipers as top world spies gather in town. "I saw some snipers just beside the trees, hidden, as I was passing through to Queenstown," he said. Other shopkeepers in the town reported seeing bodyguards roaming the streets on Wednesday afternoon. Minister for the GCSB and Security Intelligence Service Chris Finlayson's office could not immediately comment.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 21, 2017 04:24 UTC