Police haven't ruled out listening device was planted by All Blacks camp

[The InnFORCEr]

Police in New South Wales say they haven't ruled out the possibility someone in the New Zealand camp planted a listening device in the All Blacks team hotel in Sydney last month, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

New South Wales police say they are still exploring a number of avenues as to who planted the device and if it turned out to be someone within the New Zealand camp they would "absolutely" look at criminally pursuing the matter given the amount of attention the investigation requires.

It's three weeks since the All Blacks found the device in their Double Bay hotel in the lead-up to the first Bledisloe Test in Sydney.

However, a police source has told The Sydney Morning Herald they have not ruled anything out at this stage, saying "a lot of people are going to be spoken to" and they will treat every possibility, no matter how far-fetched it might sound, seriously.

Police said the device is not as sophisticated as initially thought and was operated by a battery with a short lifespan.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/austra...C&ocid=DELLDHP

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A lengthier article from the SMH states..............

The police source confirmed the InterContinental repeatedly asked the All Blacks to hand the matter over to police but New Zealand Rugby had stated their belief on the Monday they didn't want to take any action.

It wasn't until Saturday morning, five days after the device was found, that police were notified.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said the reason NZR didn't go to police was, "because we went through a process with the hotel and then our CEO [Steve Tew] was away at the Olympics and he arrived and he needed to be spoken to and be properly briefed on it".

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/un...05-gr91b0.html

Now wouldn't it be embarassing if................

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Suzie planted it?

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