UPDATED: ‘Suspicious Object’ Turns Out To Be Sleeping Bag

Saint John police say a suspicious object found in a storm sewer led to the closure of a north end street Saturday afternoon.

In a news release, police said they were called to Churchill Boulevard around 3 p.m. Saturday.

“A contractor was using a camera to inspect an underground pipe. A suspicious object was found on the camera footage that appeared to be in the shape of a person,” police said in the release Sunday.

A search by the police force’s Forensic Identification Unit and the Saint John Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team found that the object was a sleeping bag.

The police force’s Forensic Identification Unit and the Saint John Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team a news release Sunday.

Churchill Boulevard was closed between Visart Street and Somerset Street. It reopened to traffic by 6:30 p.m. Saturday.