Garda station shut down over Shatter hoax

A second suspect parcel has been sent to Justice Minister, Alan Shatter, just days after a package containing white powder and a swastika arrived at his home.

The army bomb squad rushed to investigate the suspicious item yesterday morning after concerns about what it contained were raised — resulting in a Garda station being shut down for three hours.

Staff at the An Post sorting office on Edmonstown Road in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin, first raised the alarm after finding what is believed to have been white powder leaking from a package. They contacted the nearby Garda station immediately.