Police close S.C. highway after finding explosives, with mid-eastern driver by one report

[TXCharlie]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...y-closed_N.htm

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Authorities closed a highway outside Charleston for more than five hours Saturday night after police found explosives in the trunk of a car, broadcast outlets reported.

State and federal law enforcement officials were on the scene after the traffic stop in Goose Creek. Television stations reported that two men riding in the vehicle were detained.

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.

Berkeley County sheriff's Lt. Vince Lombardo told WCBD-TV in Charleston that deputies found suspicious items in the trunk of the vehicle.

South Carolina law enforcement Chief Robert Stewart told The Associated Press that his officers were on the scene, but that the FBI was handling the case. A woman answering the phone at the local FBI office said there was no official comment on the incident.

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A reporter with WCBD-TV said she saw a robot remove something from the trunk of the car, but that the item was not immediately moved from the scene.

Goose Creek, with a population of about 30,000, is located about 20 miles north of Charleston.

[Ducky]

They're saying the car supposedly has Florida tags.

[TXCharlie]

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=52237

Goose Creek, SC (WLTX) - Police in Goose Creek, SC are investigating a bomb scare. Sources say a four-door sedan was stopped during a routine traffic stopped only to find what was believed to be a bomb inside the vehicle.

The two people in the car were said to be of Middle Eastern decent.

At this time the section of Highway 176 has been shutdown. The FBI and local police are still investigating into the matter.

Keep posted to wltx.com for new information on this developing story.