Woodgrove Centre bus loop closed due to suspicious package

Woodgrove Centre bus loop closed due to suspicious package
Woodgrove Centre
The bus loop by Entrance #3 at Woodgrove Centre was locked down by RCMP after a suspicious package was found.

Nanaimo RCMP have cordoned off the bus loop at Woodgrove Centre due to a suspicious package being found Saturday afternoon.

The package was discovered on the West side of the loop, and RCMP say they were contacted at 2:30pm.

The Vancouver-based RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit has been dispatched to the scene and is expected to arrive by 6 p.m.

Police have also restricted access to Entrance #3 into the shopping centre, beside Tim Horton’s. Interior traffic in the mall has not been affected.

Shortly before 8 p.m., Nanaimo RCMP tweeted that the Explosive Disposal Unit had disposed of the package and determined that it dod not pose any risk to the public.

The area was re-opened to traffic shortly after.

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