Charges won’t be laid in latest suspicious package investigation
Posted May 31, 2013 7:14 am.
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Calgary Police say they have spoken to the man who left two suspicious packages at a couple of northwest CTrain stations earlier this week, but because there was no criminal intent, he won’t be facing any charges.
Duty Inspector Jim Stinson tells 660News, the adult male was identified from images captured by close circuit cameras along the LRT line.
Stinson says the man was arrested Thursday night, but was released shortly after he was questioned by investigators.
Wednesday night, Police closed the Crowfoot and Brentwood LRT Stations after reports of suspicious packages.
Traffic along part of Crowchild Trial was also shut down.
One of the packages was a cooking device, the other was some sort of electronic device.
Stinson says because charges are not going to be laid, the name of the man won’t be released.
Police spokesperson, Kevin Brookwell, says even though the latest suspicious package call turned out to be a false alarm, it won’t change how they respond to these kinds of calls.
Brookwell says police still want Calgarians to report any and all suspicious activity or suspicious packages.
Last year, police responded to 44 suspicious package calls; 13 of those packages contained some sort of explosive component.
