Police are investigating after property was damaged by explosions near Newcastle earlier today.
About 4.20am (Sunday 22 September 2019), Newcastle City Police District received phone calls in relation to reports of explosions heard around Merewether and Bar Beach.
Three letterboxes were destroyed, one each on Dent Street, Mitchell Street and Livingstone Street.
Windows of cars and two houses on Dent Street and Livingstone Street were also damaged. No injuries have been reported.
About 6.15am, residents of a house on Kilgore Street, Merewether, discovered a suspicious item in their letterbox this morning and reported it to police.
The item has been safely removed by Police Rescue and rendered safe.
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