The Nanaimo RCMP say the suspected bomb-making components that turned up in Nanaimo’s controversial tent city were actually commercial fireworks.
Const. Gary O’Brien said a camp resident found the materials in a plastic bag and tried to dispose of them in a sharps disposal box near the camp’s fence.
About 30 people were evacuated from the camp, and a portion of Front Street was closed off Friday night while the RCMP called in the EDU from the Lower Mainland.
The crew arrived around 10:30 p.m. and was able to safely dispose of the materials.
O’Brien said it’s unclear how someone was able to get their hands on commercial-grade fireworks but that it will form a part of the investigation.
The incident was over by about midnight, O’Brien said.
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