WHALLEY — The Explosive Device Unit descended on Surrey’s 135A Street Friday morning after an officer on patrol came across a “suspicious item” around 6:30 a.m.
The item, which police say was found near the Front Room drop-in centre and emergency shelter, was “disposed of safely” some time before 11 a.m., Surrey RCMP Corporal Elenore Sturko told the Now-Leader.
Sturko declined to comment on what the item was.
Footage from the scene shows a remote-control bomb disposal robot detonating the item.
Surrey RCMP said some tent city campers were “removed or asked to leave the area out of an abundance of caution.”
While a woman at the scene, Erin Schulte, said she heard there had been a “bomb threat” at the Front Room drop-in centre and emergency shelter, police wouldn’t elaborate.
No injuries have been reported.
