Posted on 09/12/2001 2:20:33 AM PDT by mdittmar
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Police may have narrowly averted another catastrophe, arresting three men who allegedly were driving a van full of explosives destined for the George Washington Bridge in upper Manhattan-Bronx area of New York, a television station reported Tuesday night. The WCBS-Channel 2 News report quoted police as saying the men had enough explosives to blow up the bridge, which spans the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York, if they were detonated.
The suspects, who weren't identified, were arrested in the Meadowlands in New Jersey.
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks, New York City has been under a state of emergency, with police checking out signs of any nonessential travel.
Police officials were not immediately available for comment on the report of the arrests.
The mayor's office and Port Authority police both confirmed the arrests, WCBS said.
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