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LPS have “suspicious package” suspect in custody

Jan 21, 2021 | 11:19 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – After a “suspicious package” was placed at the Lethbridge Police Station, police now have the suspect in custody.

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in relation to the package being left at the station.

They were alerted about 10:15 a.m. when a man threw the package into the front vestibule of the police station before he fled the scene on a bicycle.

The Lethbridge Fire Department and its Hazardous Material Unit (HAZMAT) were alerted and placed on standby and determined the package was not explosive in nature.