RCMP are reminding the public that replica firearms can easily be mistaken for real weapons.
Police say Sunday night around 8:30 p.m., two teenagers wearing tactical gear and believed to be carrying firearms, were seen walking towards a school on McMillan Dr in Elmsdale.
Several locations and structures near the school were cleared as RCMP, police dogs and drones searched for the youth.
They couldn’t find them, but learned shortly after the teens were going near the school to play with airsoft guns.
They returned home with they realized their behavior was suspicious.