Mounties in Red Deer evacuated a downtown apartment building and briefly closed several streets to traffic last night (Mar 28th) while they investigated a suspicious box.

It was shortly after 7 that Officers received the report of the suspect box with wires protruding from it on the second floor of the apartment in the area of 51st Street and 50th Avenue.

A member of the RCMP Explosive Device Unit attended and concluded that the item was not explosive or dangerous, and tenants were allowed to return home.