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EDMONTON – The Edmonton Police Service’s West Division have reopened the West Edmonton Mall transit centre to buses and the general public following a suspicious package investigation.

West Division police and officers from the explosives unit were called to investigate around 2:45 Tuesday afternoon.

Police say the transit station was evacuated.

Buses dropping off and picking up passengers at that station were diverted to 87 Avenue.

Officers from the explosives unit conducted a controlled detonation of the package and the area has since been reopened.

The “suspicious package” was determined to be nothing more than a bag of clothing, books and personal items.

Edmonton Police Service Acting Staff Sgt. Curtis Schreiver said the investigation is not a criminal investigation, and police are working to find the owner of the property.

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“Nothing that could harm anybody was in there,” he said.

With files from the Edmonton Journal