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Police Investigate Suspicious Packages Mailed To Courts In Atlantic Canada

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 May, 2015 12:07 PM
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police in Newfoundland say there aren't any known public safety risks as they investigate suspicious packages after courts and other buildings were cleared as a precaution.
     
    RCMP Staff Sgt. Boyd Merrill says the packages were received at or destined for court complexes today in St. Johns, Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, and Stephenville.
     
    Some packages were intercepted before delivery.
     
    The provincial Supreme Court building in St. John's was evacuated along with the Danny Williams Building, a court complex in Corner Brook.
     
    The Department of Transportation and Works suspended the distribution and receipt of mail in seven provincial mailrooms as a result of the rash of suspicious packages.
     
    RCMP say they can't confirm any link with similar recent deliveries in Nova Scotia and Manitoba.
     
    Cape Breton Regional Police were also investigating a suspicious package at the Justice Centre in Sydney, N.S., today and it appears to be similar in nature to those received elsewhere in the country.
     
    They say the envelope was contained in a secure area and no one came into contact with its contents, but the main floor of the building was evacuated as a precaution.

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