Yesterday (March 15th) at 10:23 a.m. the Bashaw RCMP responded to a complaint of a suspicious package, containing an unknown substance, at the Canada Post Office.

The RCMP and Bashaw Fire Personnel attended and in collaboration with Canada Post, the office was evacuated, the package was secured and the office was closed.

Any staff that was present or in contact with the package was assessed and cleared by Bashaw EMS.

As a precaution, the RCMP Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) Team was called to remove and identify the package and the substance within it.

The package was determined to be non-suspicious.

This incident took place over several hours and the RCMP would like to thank anyone in the public who was inconvenienced during this time.