An explosives scare shut down the core of the city on May 12.
At approximately noon, Guelph Police started an investigation into a suspicious package found at a local business on upper Wyndham Street in the downtown area.
Sergeant Douglas Pflug reported police followed procedure and evacuated some businesses in the area. They closed down Wyndham Street between Quebec Street and Woolwich Street, as well as Baker Street and Chapel Lane.
Pflug said at 4:15pm police concluded that phase of the investigation and thanked everyone for their cooperation, including the Waterloo Regional Police Bomb Disposal Unit for its assistance.
Pflug said police obtained information that led officers to start a criminal investigation.
“It was during this investigation that we focused our attention on a package that was handled by Canada Post. In the interest of public safety, the Waterloo Regional Police Bomb Disposal Unit was contacted and called in to assist us in our investigation. The bomb unit was able to successfully destroy the package and the contents were found to not be an explosive.”
The package was seized as evidence.
