All clear at Miami International Airport after suspicious package investigation, cops say

A suspicious package at Miami International Airport on Friday afternoon triggered a bomb squad investigation, authorities said. Police say it wasn’t an explosive device.

Around 9:30 p.m., Miami-Dade police signaled the all clear that there was no bomb at the airport after an investigation was launched, police said.

Sometime before 6 p.m., a Miami-Dade police K-9 alerted, meaning it detected something off, on a package in the Miami International Airport cargo area, police said. A MDPD bomb squad unit and the FBI looked into the situation.

The airport said on Twitter that the investigation was not happening near the main terminal.

This story was originally published July 28, 2023 at 9:18 PM.

Devoun Cetoute

Miami Herald

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.