Massive security breach at MCG: Two men arrested for carrying loaded guns into Australian Football League match

[Tillu]

Officials will tighten security at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after a “disappointing” breach that allowed two men to bring guns into the stadium at an Australian Rules football match on Thursday.

Police said they had found weapons on a 21-year-old man and a 27-year-old man after the pair refused to leave the MCG over their behaviour while in the crowd of 82,058 for the match between Collingwood and Carlton.

Security failed to seize despite using screening units

The men were arrested and later charged with firearms possession and other offences.

 

Officials said the guns had been picked up by screening units when the men entered the stadium but security personnel had failed to do a thorough follow-up search.

“As a result, we will be increasing the extensiveness of the secondary manual security process and patrons may experience slight delays as they attend upcoming events,” MCG CEO Stuart Fox said in a statement.

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[Zero_Unit]

Don't they need to go through a metal detector before entering the stadium?

[EnterTheVoid]

16 hours ago, Zero_Unit said:

Don't they need to go through a metal detector before entering the stadium?

 

Nope. Just manual checks of backpacks.

[Zero_Unit]

1 hour ago, EnterTheVoid said:

 

Nope. Just manual checks of backpacks.

That's insane that a country like Aus does not do that. even here in Canada when I went to see the GT20 matches, I had to go through metal detectors. Same as when you go see pretty much any event/shows here. 

[Aiden]

Time for Pakistan to take revenge of 20 years of Aussie team not visiting Pak due to security.