UPDATE: Carfentanil shuts down City Hall Nov 9, 2017 12:26 PM

Red Deer City Hall is back open Friday morning after officials say a member of the public left a package of carfentanil inside the main floor public washroom.

City Hall was closed as a precautionary measure on Thursday afternoon after a Commissionaires employee found the drugs and reported it to police.

The drugs left behind have now been confirmed as carfentanil, according to a Red Deer RCMP spokesperson.

“City Hall security escorted a suspicious male from the building. Security then discovered a small amount of a suspicious substance and contacted RCMP, who confirmed it was carfentanil at which point the Haz Mat procedures were activated,” the spokesperson says. “RCMP believe the substance was left inadvertently, not on purpose.”