Berkeley County police found explosives in a van with Florida tags during a routine traffic stop near Goose Creek, north of Charleston, South Carolina around 6PM tonight. The van was reportedly driven by two men of Middle Eastern descent. Highway 1-76 near Goose Creek has been shut down. “In addition to the FBI, authorities from Goose Creek, Berkeley County, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are on scene. The Charleston County bomb squad has also been called.” (ABC News4)
UPDATE: Police closed the highway outside Charleston for more than five hours. “Goose Creek is home to the Naval Weapons Station and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig, a military prison where enemy combatants have been held.” (AP)
UPDATE, Sunday August 5: Technicians exploded a an item at 2:45AM on Sunday. The two men who were detained on Saturday evening are being held pending a charge of unlawful possession of an explosive device. (AP) |