May 14, 2004 11:00 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (Poughkeepsie, NY) Poughkeepsie's city hall and police station was evacuated yesterday after three bomb-sniffing dogs mistook a package of marijuana for explosives.
Poughkeepsie police said they intercepted a suspicious package sent to a city resident from another state, then brought the package to their headquarters because they believed it contained marijuana.
Once the package was inside the station, bomb-sniffing dogs indicated it also contained explosives.
Bomb experts from Westchester County X-rayed the package and determined that it didn't contain a bomb or other explosive device. Investigators opened the package and found marijuana.
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