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Police took the rare step of closing Hwy. 401 near London in both directions Sunday afternoon amid an investigation that sent rumours of heavily armed officers swirling on social media.
It was just after 4:30 p.m. on Sunday when Ontario Provincial Police announced the westbound and eastbound lanes of the 401 between Highbury Avenue and Westchester Bourne were closed “due to an ongoing police investigation.”
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Meanwhile, London police said at about 4:30 p.m. they had a drone flying in the area of Old Victoria Road and Hwy. 401 – near the city’s southeastern edge – “for an ongoing investigation.” It was not immediately clear if the two probes were linked.
By shortly after 5 p.m., lanes in both directions on the 401 had re-opened, Ontario Provincial Police said. Police didn’t make public any other details on the investigation.
Teens charged after bomb threat halts Via train
Three teens face charges after a fake bomb threat halted a Via Rail train before it reached Chatham’s Queen Street Station, police there say.
An anonymous 911 call just before 9 p.m. on Jan. 1 claimed there was a bomb on a Via train bound for Chatham, said police.
911 operators determined the caller was on the westbound Via train, police said. Officers boarded after the train was stopped near Sass Road and Colborne Street in Chatham.
Officers located the caller, determined the bomb threat was false and had been called in as a joke, police said. Three suspects were arrested.
A 15-year-old male is charged with public mischief, police said.
He and two other teens, none of whom can be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, also are charged with breaching release conditions, police said.
The three were herd pending a bail hearing Thursday, police said.
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