Suspicious Package GO#17-72877

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At 11:20 a.m. several police units were dispatched to the Halifax Commons for a call of a suspicious package. A white female approximately 20-years-old, blond hair and wearing a red hoodie, dropped a suitcase near the fountain and kept walking. ‎Officers began to cordon off the area around the fountain. The suitcase was located, which was actually a picnic basket that the officers were able to determine was empty. The area around the fountain was reopened to the public at 11:40 a.m. 

At the time of this incident the Youth Run was in progress and some of the route was on the streets surrounding the Commons. There was no interruption to this run.

‎Officers are attempting to locate the female suspect to determine what the motivation was in her dropping the basket on the Commons.