Reports of suspicious package force evacuations at Maple Ridge mall

Some stores were briefly evacuated Wednesday following a report of a suspicious package at a Metro Vancouver mall.

Few details have been provided but Mounties confirmed they were called to the Westgate Centre mall in the morning.

"For public safety," they said, some stores were evacuated as officers investigated.

Nothing suspicious was located, according to an RCMP tweet posted shortly before noon. The area has returned to normal.