‘Avoid the area’: OPP searching Pakenham forest after calls for help reported

Lanark OPP are in the Pakenham area on the morning of Friday, Nov. 1 responding to a report of calls for help.

Police say in a media release that residents should be aware of a large police presence between Pakenham and White Lake, in the Campbell Side Road area, between McManus Sideroad and 5th Concession North Pakenham.

“Officers, the OPP Canine Unit and the OPP Remote Piloted Aerial System are searching the area after two local residents heard calls for help from the forest” around 7:30 on Nov. 1, OPP say in a social media post.

There have been no additional reports since officers arrived.

Hunters and others are asked to avoid the area for the time being.

If anyone knows of someone who had been in the area and is now overdue, or have any other information that could help, please contact the OPP Communications Centre at 1-888-310-1122 and refer to incident E241460038.