‘Suspicious package’ found at Miami airport office, and police are investigating

Howard Cohen
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Miami-Dade police responded to a call concerning a suspicious package left inside a cargo area at Miami International Airport on Tuesday afternoon

MIA spokesman Greg Chin confirmed that police received a call around 1 p.m. concerning a package found at an air cargo center at 361 NW 66th Ave.

The incident is not affecting flights or activity at terminals at MIA, Chin said in an email. “These are just office buildings.”

Miami-Dade police spokesman Kristopher Welch said the package has been found, is “isolated,” and that officers, along with the department’s bomb squad, remain on the scene and are investigating.

Welch declined to release more details.

Earlier this month, a California man was arrested in connection with a bomb scare and reports of a suspicious package that shut down the Venetian Causeway for hours and also led to a flight delay at Miami International Airport. Miami police had arrested the Redondo Beach man in the departure terminals of American Airlines, according to Miami Herald news partner CBS4 in that Jan. 19 incident.

This story will be updated.