ACT Policing are conducting further analysis of a suspicious package sent to the Russian embassy in Canberra after a second package was declared to be non-suspicious.
Police and Hazmat crews were called to the embassy just after 10am and a cordon was put in place around the facility while the packages were being analysed.
The cordon was removed at 3.30pm.
An investigation into the matter is underway.
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