ICYMI: Man threatens to have a bomb aboard GO bus - shuts down 407 for six hours on Saturday

A 28-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with mischief after allegedly telling a passenger on a GO Transit bus that he was carrying a bomb, forcing the closure of Highway 407 for several hours Saturday.

It happened around 9 a.m. ET on a bus travelling between Derry Road and Brittania Road in Milton, Ont.

The suspect is now in police custody. It's unclear whether he posed a serious threat.

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Ed: - This part I find very disturbing (from the Toronto Star): Ontario Provincial Police officers advised the driver to lock the doors of the bus and keep everyone inside until they could arrive.

UPDATE: Hamilton man charged with mischief after making bomb threat on GO bus. No bomb found https://t.co/mjX8kWcmLB pic.twitter.com/pI6WDKhe0y

— CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) June 12, 2016

Man charged with mischief after Go Transit bus incident. Report of an explosive was unfounded-Media release attached pic.twitter.com/ZCpg1ZZomt

— Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) June 12, 2016