Suspicious Package turns out to be a GeoCache

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Suspicious Package turns out to be a GeoCache

July 13, 2020

On Saturday, July 11, 2020, News 4 told you about a suspicious item that had been located in Montrose Park.

Officers cordoned-off much of the northern end of the park as members of the Tactical Support Team and Bomb Unit responded.

Suspicious item found in Montrose Park on Saturday afternoon

A police patrol unit sits in Montrose Park as officers investigate a suspicious item on Saturday, July 11, 2020. (Robb Mitchell / News 4)

Winnipeg Police Bomb Unit member talks to a general patrol officer on scene of Montrose Park suspicious item (Robb Mitchell / News 4)

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After several hours the suspicious package turned out to be a GeoCache.

If you are not familiar with Geocaching it is a basically a scavenger hunt that uses GPS coordinates to bring players to a general area where they search for the GeoCache. Most often GeoCache items are disguised to look like items that blend into areas they are in.

In light of the incident police are asking those who participate in Geocashing to be mindful of how items appear. They specifically asked people to not disguise items to look unsafe or would cause others to be concerned when discovered.