Friday, October 23, 2009

Bottle's contents non-hazardous

GRANBY — A suspicious package containing a bottle with an unknown liquid arrived in a local resident’s mailbox Friday morning and resulted in the temporary closure of South Street.

According to police, at 10:20 a.m., local police, fire, and HAZ-MAT units responded to the area of South Street for a report that a local homeowner had opened a suspicious package and found a plastic bottle with an unknown liquid placed inside. Members of the state police Bomb Squad and Crime Lab also responded to the scene, according to a release. Members of the responding HAZ-MAT team, police reported, deemed the contents of the bottle non-hazardous and the street was re-opened around noon.

Police declined to identify the liquid found inside the bottle Friday night and said the investigation is ongoing.

— OWEN BOSS

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