West Kelowna Mounties have disposed of a device they thought might be a bomb.
It turned out to be “someone’s attempt at a homemade battery pack,” police said, but residents in the Cameron Road area were still evacuated as a precaution.
The RCMP said the device was not connected to the shooting and discovery of an explosive in Kelowna on July 31.
Police in West Kelowna found the battery pack while visiting a home in the 2600 block of Cameron Road as part of an ongoing investigation.
While there, they came across “what appeared to be a possible improvised explosive device,” police explained.
The RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit was then called and the area was evacuated.
The device was removed and disposed of “at a secondary site,” the RCMP said.
“Investigation has determined this device is not related to the shooting in Kelowna on July 31,” said S/Sgt. Duncan Dixon of the West Kelowna RCMP.
“Examination of the device determined that it was someone’s attempt at a homemade battery pack, however it was unstable and potentially dangerous."
The original investigation continues.
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