Australian police are investigating suspicious packages found at foreign consulates in Canberra and Melbourne. Consulates of the UK, Switzerland, US and Pakistan are among those affected, as well as reportedly several others. Emergency workers had been seen at consulates belonging to India, South Korea, New Zealand, Greece and Italy, local media said. The US consulate in Melbourne had also notified authorities about a suspicious package, a spokesman told Reuters. On Monday, suspicious parcels containing a white substance were sent to Argentina's consulate in Sydney.

Source: The Star January 09, 2019 06:33 UTC