Christchurch: Five laptops of International Cricket Council (ICC) had been stolen from the accreditation centre at Christchurch. These laptops were containing vetting information about the showpiece event.
District Commander Superintendent of Canterbury Gary Knowles confirmed that the theft took place from Hagley Netball Centre on Saturday night. He also said that the incident will not impact the security preparations for the World Cup.
As saying the stuff in stuff.Co.Nz, Knowles quoted, “ICC have advised that the laptops do not contain any personal information and there is no threat to security around the Cricket World Cup 2015 events.”
Knowles assures, “They contained no information that could breach security.”
“They will not impact, in any way, here or Australia in terms of security. They are securely passworded. We would just like to get those back,” he added.
The opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup will be held at Christchurch’s North Hagley Park tomorrow and Knowles said police were happy with the security measures in place.
He said, “Police are satisfied that the ICC has had sufficient security in place in the lead up to the Cricket World Cup launch tomorrow.”
Bureau Report
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