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Montreal police give all-clear after suspicious package found in Pointe-Claire

MONTREAL – After receiving a call about a suspicious package, Montreal police have given the all-clear.

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Police had erected a large large security perimeter around a gas station near the Fairview Pointe-Claire Mall after reports of a suspicious package.

A police spokesperson told Global News that they received a call around 12:30 pm advising that a suspicious package had been discovered at the Esso Station on Boulevard Saint-Jean in Pointe-Claire.

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The bomb squad was deployed and an investigation, which used robotic devices, revealed that the package was not a bomb.

Although the nearby Fairview Pointe-Claire Mall was not evacuated, shoppers were not allowed to enter the mall.

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