Police safely disengage 'suspicious item' on Elgin Avenue

The Winnipeg Police Service's bomb unit was called to Elgin Avenue Saturday night for the report of a suspicious item in a back lane of the street.

The item was described as having a blinking red light, visible wires and smoke coming from it, police said in a news release Sunday.

Police said abomb robot "safely disengaged the device" and the area was deemed safe around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

The investigation into the incident continues and police and anyone with information is asked to call the major crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or at winnipegcrimestoppers.org.

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