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Suspicious package at downtown building poses no threat, Montreal police say

Montreal police taped off an area outside an office building downtown after receiving a report of a suspicious package on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Cosmo Santamaria/CTV News) Montreal police taped off an area outside an office building downtown after receiving a report of a suspicious package on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Cosmo Santamaria/CTV News)
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Montreal police investigated a report of a suspicious package that was found Thursday in a downtown office building.

Police said they received a 911 call at around 4:45 p.m. about the package that was found by a security guard in the building near the corner of René-Lévesque Boulevard and St-Urbain Street.

Police tape blocks off a building on Rene-Levesque Boulevard in Montreal on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Cosmo Santamaria/CTV News)
 
A tactical team was called in to assist with the investigation. At around 9:45 p.m., a robot was deployed to analyze the package, which was later deemed to pose no threat, a police spokesperson said.
 
Police say the building was evacuated as a precaution while the investigation was ongoing. 
 

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