Posted on 03/13/2006 2:49:14 PM PST by Bottom_Gun
Scare at the Sub Base
GROTON -- Police and fire units have set up a perimeter at the Groton Sub Base. Bomb-sniffing dogs have been also called out to the scene.
Navy authorities are providing very limited information as to what happened Monday morning.
Crystal Lake Avenue and the military highway road along the river have been blocked off by local police.
This provides access to Gate #1 where the incident involving a truck took place.
A spokesperson for the sub base tells Eyewitness news that at 6:30 a.m. Monday a Navy dog trained to sniff for explosives sensed something on a truck attempting to enter Gate #1. That's the gate near the Nautilus Museum.
The Navy immediatly shut down the base. Groton police cordoned off Crystal Lake Ave and Military Highway. Around mid morning the other gates north on Route 12 were opened.
Federal agencies are on site as is the Navy bomb squad. The Navy is not saying if anything was actually discovered or removed.
The other possibility is that this could be a drill. But they are not indicating that at this time.
We'll have more on this story on Eyewitness News starting at 5.
Update:
No threat after Navy shuts down road near sub base
GROTON, Conn. -- The Navy restricted traffic near the Groton submarine base Monday while investigating a potential bomb threat.
A search dog detected a suspicious scent on a truck carrying boxes through the main gate at about 6:30 a.m., the Navy said. The Navy increased base security and asked an explosive team from Newport, R.I., to investigate, said Arianne Anderson, a base spokeswoman.
Early Monday evening, after inspecting the boxes, the Navy determined there was no threat and reopened the road to traffic.
"Our established security procedures and threat response worked well today," said Capt. Sean Sullivan, the base commander.
Maybe it is Cmdr Dick Marcinko and his boys...for real, this time.
Nah -- you'd be surprised how many genuine mistakes are made in the air traffic system, by both pilots and ATC.
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Maybe he was just looking for the nuclear vhissles. :P
Naah, all the mean ones are somewhere else. In Charleston swaggering around the old base with rubber guns or here on Lake Michigan with tailored blouses - tailored to ...
So, did the Arab have a box of Beggin Strips in the truck, or what?
(just kidding..!)
Yikes... belated thanks for the ping! I'll ping the CT list...
Just because you are paranoid and you know that you are.....doesn't necessarily mean that they are not out to get you.
Connecticut ping!
Early Monday evening, after inspecting the boxes, the Navy determined there was no threat and reopened the road to traffic.
"Our established security procedures and threat response worked well today," said Capt. Sean Sullivan, the base commander.
Thanks, LurkedLongEnough and Andonius_99 for the heads up and update (post #41) on this story...
Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent Connecticut ping list.
There was a time, when that truck would have been eviscerated by heavy weapons gunfire and the little muhammed behind the wheel would have been chaff...but that would have been during wartime...
Havent you all heard? The War is waaaaaay over there, just ask the press and your liberal friends....
Probably had a delivery to the dry cleaners across the street from gate #1.
/sarcasm
No, McDonalds Cheeseburgers (see also Steve Martin in the remake of The Pink Panther).
..."a Navy dog trained to sniff for explosives sensed something on a truck"...
Is that you Hillary?
Good luck getting on base without clearance at the Groton sub base. It would be easier to sneak out of hell.
I haven't seen a Marine guard at a gate in Groton since about 1986. You're really showing your age!
"Federal agencies are not commenting on what was found in the truck."
Geraldo Rivera.
Many port thread FReepers will too.
Yep, it was about then, maybe a bit later but, you should see what the mirror has to say about my age.
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