The public is being asked to avoid the area near the 1200 block of 12th Street West in Prince Albert as that city’s police service is at that scene for a serious incident.

Word came out shortly before 4 o’clock Friday from the P-A Police Service saying that patrol officers and members of the Criminal Investigation Division as well as the Forensic Identification Section were investigating the incident. No other details were released with the Prince Albert Police Service saying more information will be released when it becomes available. However, the public were being asked to avoid the area as there is a large police in the area that is expected to remain there for the rest of Friday and into the weekend.