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Quesnel RCMP Have Suspect In Bomb Hoax

By 250 News

Saturday, February 02, 2008 04:43 AM

Quesnel RCMP continue to investigate a bomb threat made earlier this week, that turned out to be a hoax.

Sergeant Gary Clark-Marlow says a suspect has been identified and, where possible, criminal charges are laid in these types of cases due to the serious drain on resources these threats command.

Sergeant Clark-Marlow says a business on Highway 97, in the Two Mile Flat area, was evacuated on Monday evening and traffic was stopped for more than half-an-hour, while officers searched the premises and confirmed the threat was a hoax.

Clark-Marlow says police and other emergency responders take these threats seriously and they garner the limited resources of all emergency personnel.  He says, "There's always a risk that a genuine emergency will consequently wait for a proper response due to the resources being occupied with a false complaint."

While a suspect has been singled out, police are asking anyone who may have information to step forward.


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Comment Posted by: realitysetsin on February 2 2008 10:02 AM
Anyone know where this was?
Comment Posted by: Runner46 on February 2 2008 12:04 PM
Two mile flat is about two miles from downtown Quesnel.....if you are coming in from PG, once you pass A and W and drift down the hill, you hit Kal Tire on the right. In that general area.

Comment Posted by: Raparee on February 2 2008 1:03 PM
Phone in a bomb threat at Two Mile Flat, then knock over a convenience store on the other side of town.
I wonder what other crimes happened at this same time.
Comment Posted by: thereasonableman on February 2 2008 1:35 PM
It must be cold. Somebody wants to go to jail, but it's too cold to go outside and commit a crime, so make a phone call instead.
Comment Posted by: realitysetsin on February 2 2008 8:51 PM
Raparee.... yah probably eh... then have a vehicle breakdown on the bridge so all the coppers are one one side at either the bomb threat or tim hortons...