An emergency declaration has been revoked after bomb disposal specialists from the Australian Defence Force safely removed multiple grenades from a Gold Coast office block.
Parts of Bay Street in Southport were shut down after a duffel bag containing three "miliary looking grenades" and three semi-automatic rifles were dropped off at a law office at about 8:20am.
A man handed the weapons into law firm Ashkan Tai Lawyers and the building was evacuated.
Ashkan Tai, the principal of the firm, was seen speaking to police officers on the street outside his office.
He declined to comment.
Gold Coast Police district duty officer Jim Winter said the Army bomb squad discovered the grenades were not live and not at risk of exploding.
"They have rendered those grenades and rifles safe and we have reopened the street now," he said.
"It was contained inside their office. It was quite safe, we just had to do a small exclusion zone in case anything did go wrong.
"A male person has attended that solicitor's office and delivered those items.
"[Detectives] are trying to track that person down to ask why they were delivered here and not [to] a police station.
"All semi-automatic rifles are illegal in Australia as far as I am aware, definitely they are in Queensland."
Police said the law firm had been "very helpful" and they were working with them to negotiate the surrender of the man who dropped off the weapons.
People within the exclusion zone at Bay Street were told to stay inside their properties, but no threats were made and there was no danger to the public.
Andrew Watson runs an education and training business on Rawlins Street, adjacent to the exclusion zone.
He watched the police operation unfold.
"We were just sort of like, 'Do we need to lock the doors? Should we stay inside?' But we couldn't help it, we came out for a bit of a peek," he said.
"It seems very excessive. I don't know what the guy's problem is or what he is addressing today but there are better ways than grenades.
"It sounds like something you would see on international news. Southport is always an interesting place."
