The Latest: FBI: Item posed no threat at Albuquerque airport
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The Latest on a suspicious item found at a checkpoint at the Albuquerque airport (all times local):
9 p.m.
The FBI says that there was "no public safety threat" connected to a suspicious item found at an Albuquerque airport.
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The discovery of the item Sunday afternoon led to evacuations at the airport.
Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron said earlier that a team of police bomb techs cleared the item, and the security checkpoint area and passengers were allowed back around 3:30 p.m.
Sunday night, the FBI released the brief statement saying that there was no threat. But neither the agency nor the airport provided information on what the item was.
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Jiron says the it raised suspicion and police were called around 1:45 p.m.
Officers evacuated the checkpoint as a precaution.
Arriving passengers were held in a concourse area while departing passengers were not allowed near the checkpoint.
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Jiron says roughly six flights were delayed as a result of the incident.
4 p.m.
An Albuquerque airport security checkpoint is operating again after the presence of a suspicious item led to evacuations.
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Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron says a team of police bomb techs cleared the item, and the area and passengers were allowed back in the area around 3:30 p.m.
Jiron did not give any details about what the item was. He says it raised suspicion and airport police were called around 1:45 p.m.
Officers evacuated the checkpoint as a precaution.
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Arriving passengers were being held in a concourse area while departing passengers were not allowed near the checkpoint.
Jiron says roughly six flights were delayed as a result of the incident.
He says travelers heading to the airport should check with the airline directly about the status of their flight.
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3:30 p.m.
A security checkpoint at Albuquerque airport has been shut down while authorities investigate a suspicious item, leaving dozens of travelers anxiously waiting to board flights.
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Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron says a police bomb tech team was at the scene Sunday.
According to Jiron, an item left at the checkpoint around 1:45 p.m. raised suspicion and airport police were called.
Officers evacuated the checkpoint area as a precaution.
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Jiron says arriving passengers are being held in a concourse area and departing passengers are not being allowed past the checkpoint.
Jiron says other areas of the airport are operating normally.
He had no details about the item.
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He did not know if the incident was causing a significant number of flight delays.