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What’s in a package outside the Miami police station? Roads reopen after cops find out

Miami police shut an area near its Central Station on Dec. 29, 2021 after finding a suspicious package. Roads were reopened a few hours later after the package was deemed safe.
Miami police shut an area near its Central Station on Dec. 29, 2021 after finding a suspicious package. Roads were reopened a few hours later after the package was deemed safe. Omar Rodriguez Ortiz orodriguezortiz@miamiherald.com

This story has been updated. Roads were reopened.

Someone “delivered” a package to the front of the Miami Police Central Station.

But police officers called the package “suspicious” and closed Northwest Second Avenue between Third and Fifth streets as a precaution for a couple hours, the department said in an alert Wednesday morning.

By 11:30 a.m., police identified the package as abandoned luggage, deemed the roads safe, and reopened them.

Police have not offered any more details.

This story was originally published December 29, 2021 at 11:01 AM.

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