Tenants at the Torres Brothers Building in Garapan were evacuated from the building after its front desk allegedly received a bomb threat Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n
No explosive device was found, but the bomb scare snarled traffic on Chalan Pale Arnold for an hour as officers re-routed the traffic flow while clearing operation was being done.<\/p>\n
Shortly before authorities reported \u201call clear,\u201d police officers were seen across the Torres Brothers building interviewing some employees of the law office on the ground floor of the three-story building. The other tenants of the building were also evacuated while authorities were scouring the building for any bomb.<\/p>\n
Derek Gersonde, spokesman of the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, said that DPS 911 reported a bomb threat at the Torres Brothers building at 4:31pm. <\/p>\n
Firefighters and hazardous materials personnel were dispatched to the scene. <\/p>\n
Gersonde said the Commonwealth Ports Authority Police Explosives K9 reported the \u201call clear\u201d at the building at 5:10pm.<\/p>\n
A tenant told Saipan Tribune that it was a female front desk employee who received the bomb threat. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came, there was a huge traffic and there were a lot of officers,\u201d the tenant said.<\/p>\n
There was no information available as to what the caller specifically stated in the call. <\/p>\n
The staff of Torres Brothers law firm refused to comment. They reported back to their office after police told them that everything was clear. <\/p>\n
As of yesterday, DPS has yet to release information about the incident. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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