BROOKLIN -- A bizarre bomb threat brought about the evacuation of a Brooklin bank Thursday afternoon.
Durham police searched the Scotiabank building, at Winchester Road and Baldwin Street, after a threat was phoned in at 2 p.m. A male caller told a bank employee explosive devices had been placed on the building and instructed her to leave money at a specified location before 4 p.m., police said.
No bomb was found and after an a hour the building was declared safe.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 905-579-1520, ext. 1833, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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