Heavy police presence, ambulances at rural property north of Fort Saskatchewan

There’s been a heavy police presence in a rural area north of Fort Saskatchewan since the early hours of Tuesday morning.

About a dozen police and tactical vehicles were parked on the side of the road in the early afternoon near a property at Range Road 230 just south of Township Road 554.

Roads were blocked off within a two-mile radius of the property.

A Sturgeon County employee who was in a truck blocking the road told CityNews police had been in the area since 1 a.m. He also said ambulances had been there at some point in the morning.

The employee said he wasn’t provided information about the situation but called it a “police emergency.”

Nearby on Highway 28A, a woman in handcuffs was seen being taken into police custody. It was unclear if both situations were related.

In a brief news release Tuesday morning, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP asked motorists to avoid the area.

Tuesday evening, Mounties confirmed they along with a local fire department arrived at the scene around 11:20 p.m. to a vehicle that was on fire.

Once the fire was extinguished, officers found what is believed to be human remains. An autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Traffic in the area has since been reopened.