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Explosive Device Found In Vancouver Storage Locker: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Aug, 2016 12:59 PM
    Vancouver Police are continuing to investigate after explosives weres found inside a Vancouver storage locker.
     
    Around 11:30 yesterday morning, officers attended a storage facility at West 7th Avenue and Manitoba after someone reported what they believed were explosives inside a storage locker.
     
    The VPD’s Police explosive technicians were called in, who examined the contents of the storage locker. Out of an abundance of caution, the storage facility and associated residential and commercial units were evacuated.
     
    Following the evacuation, explosive technicians disabled the suspected explosive devices and turned the scene over to detectives from the Vancouver Police Major Crime Section.
     
    The investigation into how the explosives ended up at the storage facility remains ongoing.

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