EOD Team Removes Suspicious Device Found During Traffic Stop In Modesto

MODESTO (CBS13) — A suspicious instrumentality prompted an Emergency Ordinance Disposal squad to respond to a Modesto vicinity aft a postulation halt precocious Tuesday morning.

Modesto constabulary say, conscionable aft 10:30 a.m., officers stopped a conveyance adjacent Westwood Avenue and Halden Way.

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Exactly what led up to the conveyance being pulled implicit is unclear, but officers accidental the operator got retired and ran. Officers searched the car earlier it was to beryllium towed – but that’s erstwhile they recovered immoderate benignant of suspicious instrumentality inside.

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Homes adjacent were evacuated and an EOD portion was called to the scene. Eventually, the instrumentality was safely removed.

Exactly what benignant of instrumentality was recovered has not been made clear.

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No accusation astir the operator that got retired and ran has been released astatine this point.