Dec 11, 2019

Officials: Suspicious package at Air Force base was harmless

Posted Dec 11, 2019 5:19 PM

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) - A suspicious package detected Wednesday morning at an Air Force base near Omaha contained nothing threatening, authorities said.

The U.S. Air Force said in a news release that a military K-9 alerted security personnel to the package inside a commercial vehicle that was undergoing a routine check at an Offutt Air Force Base gate.

Military and civilian investigators checked into the package and concluded that it held nothing harmful.

Officials have not released any information about the vehicle or the person or people in it.