Durian, the pungent (and highly polarising) fruit has often caused people to dry-retch when its odour hits their nostrils, but over the weekend, the fruit caused an entire police-assisted evacuation.

“My son wanted them a few weeks back and I said no as I’d already done a big Woolies shop the day before, thankfully.” Distracted by all the bells and whistles of the middle aisle (sometimes literally ...