Crime & Safety
Duct-Taped Packages Prompt Evacuation of Business
Police said the Alameda County Bomb Squad was called Monday after suspicious packages were found in a business' courtyard.
Suspicious packages found in front of a business near Ardenwood Monday morning prompted a bomb squad response and an evacuation of the building, according to police.
A facility mangaer of the business, which is located on the 6700 block of Kaiser Drive, called authorities around 5 a.m. after discovering three packages in under a lightpole in an employee courtyard, said Fremont Police Spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.
According to police, the packages were wrapped in duct tape.
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An evacuation was put in place and the Alameda County Bomb Squad responed and determined that the packages were safe at approxmiately 8:30 a.m., according to Bosques.
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Editor's note: This report was updated at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday
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