Overview

• A dog walker and surf lifesavers discovered the torpedo at Main Beach on the Gold Coast around 5:45am Thursday, prompting a police response.
• Authorities established a 100-metre exclusion zone while the device, identified as an inert Australian Defence Force (ADF) training torpedo, was examined.
• The torpedo had been missing since a recent ADF training exercise conducted off the Queensland coast several months ago.
• Specialists from the ADF and Queensland Police safely recovered the device, which has now been returned to an ADF depot for further investigation.
• The beach has since reopened, with officials urging the public to report any suspicious objects and avoid handling them.