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Police
continue investigation of suspicious package
ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT
HIGH POINT – It could be
later this week before authorities know the contents of a suspicious package
that was detonated by a bomb squad in High
Point on Saturday.
Police were called to a UPS
drop box near 319 N. Main St.
by witnesses reporting a suspicious package hanging out of the top. Initial
reports indicated the package was possibly a bomb.
Police cordoned off the downtown area
along Main Street,
stretching from Church Avenue
to Kivett Drive,
and rerouted traffic for about four hours.
The package was detonated by the
Greensboro Bomb Squad as a safety p rec a u t i o n
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High
Point police spokeswoman Lt. Angela Tackett
said detectives have collected all the contents of the package and are
examining them.
She said police should know
within a few days what was in the packa g e.
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