A potential threat closed the Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth, N.S., on March 3, 2015.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
Halifax police say three people were taken into custody Tuesday after a mall in the city chose to close after a potential threat was made against it.
Const. Pierre Bourdages said police planned to execute a search warrant at an apartment building on Willet Street in Halifax related to their investigation at the Mic Mac Mall in suburban Dartmouth.
Bourdages wouldn't say if the potential threat against the mall was considered valid, but he added two males and one female were in police custody and no charges had been laid.
He wouldn't provide any information on the nature of the threat.
Shortly after the mall closed police blocked Everette Street in another section of Dartmouth, but they later reopened the road after Bourdages said they found nothing of interest in a home that became part of their investigation.
The investigation at the Mic Mac Mall comes a little more than two weeks after two people were charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the Halifax Shopping Centre in an alleged Valentine's Day plot that police say could have resulted in mass casualties.
Police say they received information about the potential threat to the Mic Mac Mall at 9 a.m. and had a significant uniformed police presence at the shopping centre, which closed for the day. The closing of the mall was announced about 2 1/2 hours after police were made aware of the potential threat.
Halifax Regional School Board placed two of its schools on "hold and secure" because of nearby police operations, but those restrictions were lifted by mid-afternoon.