Peterborough Police Seeking Information of Bomb Threat at Local Business

Peterborough Police are seeking information of a bomb threat made against a Peterborough business on Wednesday afternoon.

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At roughly 4:00 p.m., officers were called to a business at the corner of Lansdowne Street and Spillsbury Drive after being issued a bomb threat.

Police evacuated the business, set up a perimeter and called the OPP bomb unit for assistance. Just before 1:00 a.m., the OPP Bomb Unit and bomb detecting dogs were on the scene and did not find anything suspicious or threatening.

The area was cleared after roughly nine hours with the investigation ongoing at publication. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca.

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