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Massachusetts Air Force base open after suspicious truck cleared
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Thu Jul 6, 2017 | 3:01pm EDT
Massachusetts Air Force base open after suspicious truck cleared
Massachusetts' Hanscom Air Force Base operations returned to normal on Thursday after a routine test turned up trace evidence of explosives on a moving truck bringing a shipment onto the base, officials said.
No injuries were reported, no one was arrested and no one was suspected of any crime, officials said.
The Massachusetts State Police bomb squad and federal law enforcement officials spent several hours searching the large box truck, with a gate to the base closed and parts of the base evacuated as the search went on.
"Given the times we live in, we operate in an abundance of caution," Massachusetts State Police Major Fran Leahy told a news conference after the site was cleared. "What we're trying to figure out is how some trace explosive materials ended up on this truck."
Some shipping materials from the vehicle were taken to the State Police crime lab for further study, Leahy said. The truck was transporting the possessions of a base staffer who had recently moved into a new job, officials said.
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Massachusetts Air Force base open after suspicious truck cleared
Massachusetts' Hanscom Air Force Base operations returned to normal on Thursday after a routine test turned up trace evidence of explosives on a moving truck bringing a shipment onto the base, officials said.
No injuries were reported, no one was arrested and no one was suspected of any crime, officials said.
The Massachusetts State Police bomb squad and federal law enforcement officials spent several hours searching the large box truck, with a gate to the base closed and parts of the base evacuated as the search went on.
"Given the times we live in, we operate in an abundance of caution," Massachusetts State Police Major Fran Leahy told a news conference after the site was cleared. "What we're trying to figure out is how some trace explosive materials ended up on this truck."
Some shipping materials from the vehicle were taken to the State Police crime lab for further study, Leahy said. The truck was transporting the possessions of a base staffer who had recently moved into a new job, officials said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-security-idUSKBN19R28I