WINNIPEG – A military-style ammunition box sparked a bomb scare in Winnipeg’s River Heights neighbourhood Wednesday.
Officers were called to the area of Academy Road and Renfrew Street at about 1:30 p.m. An employee at a nearby business found the green steel box marked “cartridges for weapons, inert projectile.”
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The police bomb unit was on scene by late afternoon, area buildings were evacuated and traffic was blocked on Academy Road in the area of Renfrew Street.
Shortly after 4 p.m. police cleared the scene and traffic returned to normal. Nothing dangerous was found in the box, police said.
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