Traffic was stopped on Christchurch this morning and armed police called out as a `shot gun wedding’ took place in the old stock yards off Deans Avenue.
Over ten police units blocked traffic while armed police observed and called out a group of people believed to have a shot gun were observed going into the derelict area by members of the public.
It was discovered to be a wedding party photo shoot with an imitation firearm as part of the props.
The whole incident took 30 minutes from 9.35am and blocked off a busy part of Christchurch.
Senior Sergeant Kelvin BURGESS says people should have more sense and take care when using imitation firearms.
"At the least advise Police of what you are doing. We’ll still have to check it out but at least it won’t be a surprise to us."
We presume the wedding is still taking place.