Emergency vehicles outside the US Embassy in Canberra. Picture: AAP Source: AAP
POLICE have swarmed the US Embassy in Canberra after a car drove through the consulate's front gates.
ACT police arrested a 30-year-old Queensland man in relation to the collision in Yarralumla about 5.40pm.
The ACT Policing Bomb Response Team attended and did a check of the vehicle as a precaution. Nothing of a suspicious nature was located.
A man who answered the phone at the embassy – but declined to give his name - said the incident occurred at about 5.40pm.
"At around 5.40pm somebody ran into the gates," he said.
Bomb squad officers inspect the car which crashed into the embassy gates. Picture: Kym Smith Source: The Daily Telegraph
"The man got out of his car and was detained by the Australian Federal Police.
"Currently they are just doing a sweep of the car to make sure there are no explosives in the car."
The man said the embassy was evacuated but declined to say how many staff were on site at the time.
The car which crashed into the embassy gates. Picture: Kym Smith Source: The Daily Telegraph
An ACT Police spokesman confirmed a single car drove into the front gates of the Yarralumla consulate.
"The incident occurred around 5.55pm and as a precaution the bomb team have been called out to do a sweep of the vehicle," he said.
"A man is currently assisting police with their inquiries."
Criminal Investigations Detectives are investigating the incident. Enquiries are continuing.
The man is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court today.
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