Transit service resumes after suspected grenade found at SkyTrain station in Richmond, B.C.

Police closed the Canada Line’s Bridgeport Station for several hours on Sunday, after a TransLink driver reported seeing a grenade on his bus.

The Metro Vancouver Transit Police say an explosives disposal unit was called to the scene, and seized what is believed to be a grenade.

According to police, the driver spotted the suspected grenade in a man’s wheeled grocery cart on the bus around 11 a.m.

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Police evacuated the bus and arrested the man.

Police say the scene has since been cleared, and Canada Line and bus service have resumed.

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