Winnipeg Police Service’s bomb squad destroyed a suspicious package at a Canada Post facility Thursday morning, but say its contents aren’t believed to have been explosive.

“It wasn’t an explosive device from any indication that we have,” said Const. Rob Carver. “The package was really suspicious based on the nature of the package and some of the wording. To be overly cautious, we destroyed it.”

Carver didn’t reveal exactly what the package contained but noted biological material and chemicals have posed a risk in packages in the past.

“Sometimes it’s safer to simply destroy it than to do an analysis,” he said.

The sorting facility on Wellington Avenue near the airport was not evacuated, as the package was moved a safe distance from staff, said Carver. The package was reported just before midnight Thursday and destroyed around 5:20 a.m.

No arrests have been made and no injuries were reported.

The police major crimes unit is now investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).