Suspicious device washes up on Gold Coast beach sparking lockdown

Suspicious device washes up on Gold Coast beach sparking lockdown
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Parts of a Gold Coast beach have been plunged into lockdown after a suspicious device washed up this morning.

Police were called to the scene and have established a 100-metre exclusion zone at the Spit near Main Beach.

The public is being urged to avoid the area.

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