Officials: Suspicious package found near Bureau of Reclamation not a threat

Published: November 7, 2012 

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A bomb squad robot responds to a suspicious package in a parking lot behind the Bureau of Reclamation offices on Irving and Curtis on Wednesday afternoon, which closed Irving Street.

Joe Jaszewski — jjaszewski@idahostatesman.com

Boise police have reopened Irving Street between Curtis Road and Orchard Street to traffic now that The Federal Protective Service officials say a suspicious package found near the Bureau of Reclamation building at 1150 Curtis Road is no longer a threat.

The report of a suspicious package was called into Ada County dispatchers just after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police closed Irving Street to traffic and used their bomb robot device to check out the package was. Police reopened the road to traffic about 3:15 p.m. after officers determined the package was not dangerous.

The Federal Protective Service, a component of the federal Department of Homeland Security, is the lead agency in the case because the package was found on federal property.

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