  We study the globular cluster (GC) system of the dust-lane elliptical galaxy
NGC 6702, using B, V and I-band photometric observations carried out at the
Keck telescope. This galaxy has a spectroscopic age of ~2Gyrs suggesting recent
star-formation. We find strong evidence for a bimodal GC colour distribution,
with the blue peak having a colour similar to that of the Galactic halo GCs.
Assuming that the blue GCs are indeed old and metal-poor, we estimate an age of
2-5Gyrs and supersolar metallicity for the red GC subpopulation. Despite the
large uncertainties, this is in reasonable agreement with the spectroscopic
galaxy age. Additionally, we estimate a specific frequency of S_{N}=2.3\pm1.1
for NGC 6702. We predict that passive evolution of NGC 6702 will further
increase its specific frequency to S_{N}~2.7 within 10Gyrs, in closer agreement
to that of typical present-day ellipticals. We also discuss evidence that the
merger/accretion event that took place a few Gyrs ago involved a high gas
fraction.
